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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kinoti",
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        "legal_name": "Boniface Gatobu Kinoti",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I rise to support this amendment and observe that I personally have been a beneficiary of the youth fund. I believe that one thing that helps the youth so much is not just the money, but the empowerment itself. I was a participant of the “Believe, Become” when the youth fund was launched in 2007. I believe that capacity building, as much as a few Members of Parliament may suspect that it may be going to the wrong pockets, helps in empowering the youth. So, I rise to support this and say that, as much as we are giving the young people and the women of this country money, we must give them the empowerment to ensure that they are putting it in the right use. However, I am very alarmed that going forward, we must look critically at the amendments that have been brought forward by the Senate. For instance, the amendment they have made to weaken the commitments of the committee. In the previous amendment that we looked at, Regulation 14, the constituency committee had little input on where the capacity building should go to. In the previous amendment before that, there was another amendment whereby the constituency committee would not be consulted. That is in Regulation 15."
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