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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Nyasuna",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the point that hon. Kombe has raised makes the situation even worse. How does a country establish a fund to cover 40 million people? The funds that have been cited are the Kazi Kwa Vijana (KKV) programme, the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF), the Women Enterprise Development Fund (WEF) and the Uwezo Fund. Those are funds that target affirmative action groups and those affirmative action groups for a reason. They have certain vulnerabilities that expose them and that must be dealt with in order for them to transition. The ages that we are talking about are now transition ages. Even a child must crawl, sit up, stand up, walk and then run. But you cannot buy a baby-walker for a child and keep it in it for the entire life. Even as we debate here and say we support, we must really be real and realistic. This House must also look at the global practices. The people who are supporting this Motion should tell us where in the world a fund has been established to cater for everybody in the population. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, who then is the target for mainstream financial services? Who becomes the target for mainstream financial services - banks or other small micro-enterprises (SMEs)? I see that there is a point that the hon. Member is trying 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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