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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. Sometimes this technology here lets us down and even the one of checking in does the same thing because there is a very long queue. I think it will be prudent to have that checking in machine on every desk so that you use it to check in and also to log in when you want to speak. Hon. Speaker, I stand to support this Motion and I actually want to urge my colleagues especially my good friend hon. Mulu that these amendments are very good. Actually, I want to say that we have been bashing the Senate for so long and we have been saying that it is a House of old aged Senators but old age is gold and wisdom. This is because if I look at the amendments that they have proposed, they are really very good for the execution of this Uwezo Fund. I want to particularly draw the attention of the House to the amendment to Regulations 5,14, 16 and 15. On Regulation 5 what has been proposed by the Senate is that they have upheld what the Ministry had proposed earlier. On the issue of nominating two youths to the National Youth Council and that is the contestation by two Members who have already spoken, I believe it is good to give the Cabinet Secretary as proposed by the Senate to do those appointments. This is because as we all know at the moment the National Youth Council is going through a transition period and it is actually grappling with issues of legitimacy and it may become very difficult for them to reach consensus on the two nominees. I would like to urge that as the Cabinet Secretary does this nomination and in support of what Gladys Wanga has said, he or she should also have a broad look at the regional representation. Hon. Speaker, the proposed amendment by the Senate to Regulation 14 and Regulation 5 is letting the Cabinet Secretary nominate a woman instead of giving it to the National Gender and Equality Commission. I think the rationale behind this is that this Commission is an oversight body and so it may be very difficult for them to nominate people to committees that they are supposed to oversee, like the Uwezo Fund. It is good that this Commission be left to play oversight role and the Cabinet Secretary does the nomination."
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