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    "id": 457926,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/457926/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gichigi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1909,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kamunye Gichigi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this particular Motion. I support the establishment of the Uwezo Fund and I thank the President for finally fulfilling his promise to this country. I thank the Jubilee Government for that. The amount of Kshs6 billion is a good figure as seed money but, in as much as we may not be able to bring amendments to bring further appropriations of funds to that Fund in future today, it is something that we need to think about so that, later on, through the process provided for in the Constitution and through the Budget and Appropriations Committee as well as the Cabinet Secretary in the Treasury, we come up with measures to sustain this particular Fund by providing more funds in the coming years from next year. We already know that it is not the entire Kshs6 billion that is going to the youth and women. A bit of it is going to capacity building and some of it will go to the administration of the Fund. My people of Kipipiri have done the calculation and divided the Kshs6 billion into 290 constituencies and thought that Kshs20 million is going to them. They thought that Kshs10 million will go to the women and Kshs10 million to the youth. At the end of the day, what is going to the constituency is less than Kshs15 million. It is important that we put more money in that Fund. I will be supporting an amendment to remove Government officials and give more weight to the representatives of the people. I will also support any amendment that will simplify the process. Let us not make it so difficult for the youth and women to access that Fund. Further, we require more transparency and publicity in those funds. Many people out there are not even aware of the Women Enterprise Development Fund and the Youth Enterprise Development Fund."
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