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    "id": 458004,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I would like to plead with the Chair of the Committee to really reconsider dropping those amendments. I was very happy when I saw this amendment because the National Youth Council, honestly, is a body that has mandate under an Act of Parliament to represent young people. Throughout the conversations that we have had on the Uwezo Fund, I have not heard any young Member of Parliament say that he or she wants to be involved in the same way as the hon. Members representing the counties, who happen to be women; they have been saying that they want to be involved. We understand that the NYC has the mandate of talking about issues of young people and safeguarding their interests. The members of the NYC have been elected from the grassroots. Whether we like them or not, these are people who have a mandate. They have been elected at the grassroots. They are a national body. So, I do not see why you want to remove the two youths representing the NYC when that is why the NYC was set up. Uwezo Fund is about young people and women. So, I do not see any compelling reasons for removing the two youths."
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