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    "content": "We do not want to get into that kind of situation. We want people who really deserve to benefit from this. You have seen in the Olympics, somebody putting on dark glasses and running as a disabled person; the real disabled people are different! We want to make sure that the disabled who are recognized and as such are not taken advantage of by fraudsters with twisted fingers masquerading as disabled. This will end up marginalizing them more. How will my sister here wheel herself to City Hall to queue for a tender? When we are talking about affirmative action, we clearly need to define rules that will help the disadvantaged so that they truly benefit from what we are saying. That is why I support the need for reporting back. It is not enough to say that 30 per cent of all tenders should go to the disabled. We want a clear description of who this disabled person is. Is a person who squints and walks all over in every bar and calls himself disabled really disabled? No, we also have such masqueraders. I am sure you know of such people who walk all over. When it suits them, they are mentally imbalanced and when it does not, they are okay. They are all over. We need to protect our society. If money is meant for the disabled, then it must go to the disabled. I know of a lady who has held her 23rd birthday five times in a row. Those kinds of fraudulent characters will remain below 35 for 20 years and take advantage of the law to benefit. We must guard against this so that the money meant for the disabled and the disadvantaged goes to them. Finally, I want to re-emphasise the point that if the Government is serious in helping the disadvantaged people, it should use Government institutions. In this free market economy, you will meet someone who has never borrowed money. All they have seen are auctioneers called madalali coming to take away their cows and chicken because their father borrowed Kshs50,000. Will such a young person ever agree to go and borrow Kshs20,000? Never! We must find a way of using public institutions. For example, we can put money into Post Bank which is everywhere in this country and ask the management not to charge more than 5 per cent administrative costs for this Fund. This is a public Fund. If you want to charge interest, it cannot be more than 2 per cent above the 5 per cent administrative fee. These people can then compete with those who are borrowing. You heard, this afternoon, the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget say that you can go and borrow and you have to pay the bank 19.6 per cent. For you to make a profit of 10 per cent, you have to move 29.6 per cent. Unless you are a smuggler, what business can give you that kind of profits? This is simply not possible. So, we must use Government institutions to help. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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