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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Njoroge",
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        "legal_name": "Ben Njoroge",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute in supporting this Bill. I support the amendment. This is the best amendment which is meant to raise the living standards of the three marginalized groups. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a noble initiative. The only hope to persons living with disabilities, who have been marginalized for years, without benefitting at all through such programmes. However, they will end up becoming beneficiaries of our procurement programmes. You will remember that this is a group which needs to be sensitized as there is an issue of inexperience, accessibility, stereotypes and apathy. I would like to urge the institutions which are involved to create awareness and enforce the whole process to make sure that tendering and registration are well connected for persons with disabilities. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, all said and done, I think the youth and women of this Republic must also be left to enjoy their share. But, again, there will come a time when there will be a control mechanism, because 30 per cent has a limit. We might end up just empowering people who are already empowered, leaving behind people who really need to get this kind of assistance by benefitting from the programme. There is a situation where you get even individuals and groups who are not able to raise the funds in terms of supplying according to the LPO, which they actually get from the institutions they are 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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