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    "id": 433668,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "Fund. The financial year is almost coming to a close but the funds have not reached our constituencies. One of the challenges that we are going to have when we go to our constituencies is the question of where the Uwezo Fund money is. I am sure that we will be asked where the money is. I do not know what we will be telling our people. That is because we have always been telling them that the money will be coming soon. So, I plead with the Government to ensure that the money for Uwezo Fund is released, so that our youth and women can access it and start creating employment and generating income for themselves. I like what the Leader of Majority Party has said in terms of interacting more as Members of Parliament. He encouraged us to visit each other, irrespective of which coalitions we individually belong to, in order to show Kenyans that we are working as a team and that we are actually Members of the National Assembly. We have our colleagues at the county-level who represent Kenyans at that local level. As national leaders, we need to show Kenyans that we are Members of the National Assembly by the way we conduct our business and interact with each other. So, I like what he said. Hon. Deputy Speaker, at the same time, I would like to urge the Leader of Majority Party that, by virtue of holding that position, he is actually a national leader even though he represents a constituency. So, we want the holder of that position to behave more as a national leader. If he concentrates on local politics, to some extent, Kenyans might start thinking that, that position is also localised. It is, therefore, my appeal that those who are holding national positions like the Leader of Majority Party, the Leader of the Minority Party, the Majority Whip and the Minority Whip should behave in a way that will enable Kenyans to see those positions as national positions. With those words, I wish hon. Members all the best during the recess. I beg to support."
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