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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to contribute to this Motion about the first of public finance management regulations that are before us; this is about the Uwezo Fund. I am happy that we are going to have some funds that we can use to target the youth and women of this country to be able to give them capacity. I know we had the Youth Enterprise Development Fund and the Women Enterprise Development Fund. But these funds have enriched the banks as opposed to the targeted beneficiaries. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have heard some concerns being raised why this money should be managed by hon. Members of Parliament. I want to ask those who are asking such questions, if they do not want hon. Members to be involved in management of the Fund, who do they want to be involved? If you look at the statistics of the donor-funds that go through Government Ministries, analysis and research has shown that only 15 per cent go to the intended use; compare this with the so-called CDF that has been talked about. Out of the total allocation, almost 90 per cent of that goes to the targeted beneficiary. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, elected representatives have a unique way of accounting to their electorate. Elected representatives are accountable to the electorate directly and after every five years, you have to go and renew your credibility and integrity before your electors. I want to remind hon. Members that most Members fail to come back to Parliament because of CDF. If we mismanage Uwezo Fund, many of us will be defeated, especially now that this is going to be money targeting the youth, a very impatient lot of our society. They will treat us harshly. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, allow me to say one more thing with regard to management of these funds. At one point, I actually thought that we would allow our County Women Members of Parliament to manage this Fund because we have so much. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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