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    "id": 472499,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ongoro",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Elizabeth Ongoro Masha",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Spekaer, Sir. I also rise to support the amendment Bill. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I took my time to read the main Act, which I also supported. I took note of a few gaps that were not really connecting. This amendment Bill has addressed some of the very pertinent issues that I was raising in my head, even as I supported the main Act. Though not exhaustively addressed, it is a very good starting point for the three categories of people in our society who really need to be supported. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we all know that women, youth and people living with disability have been disadvantaged for a long time. For the Government to have, at least, a policy framework through which to engage with them and facilitate them, even if it is not watertight, we are starting from somewhere. Therefore, it is worth supporting. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my own input would be that even as we support this, we should encourage closing the information gaps that are still existing, especially at the local level, by way of encouraging a lot of civic education. Maybe we could take it down to the constituency level or even the ward level, so that the target groups are adequately informed on exactly who is targeted, the process that they need to follow and the requirements that are needed. It is only when and if we have conducted intensive and extensive civic education that we can gladly relax and hope that the target groups will benefit from this. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also support that we should have a structured format of strengthening the capacity of these target groups, so that even at the point of them winning these tenders, they have the minimum capacity. I am thinking of the local women who---"
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