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    "id": 493792,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/493792/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, most of the youth, especially those who are between the ages of 18 and 35, are coming out of colleges but without employment. Therefore, there is need to give capacity to those youth to use their life more productively. But when you now water down those gains that have been made by creating a universal fund, first of all, are we going to create that fund as a country? Let us face it. The problem with Kenya is that we look for quick fixes to problems. The Mover of this Motion, whom I know is a Member of the Jubilee Coalition, should be advising the Government to improve the business environment so that we get more investment in this country and create more job opportunities rather than looking for quick fixes where we would be allocating funds to people to do all sorts of business. The other thing that I would have wished the Mover of this Motion to do, and probably that is what he wanted to do but he has done something totally different is that, we know there is the elderly in this country - both men and women; people who have exhausted their productive life. Those people need social affirmative action. What the Mover should have done, in my view, was to push the Government to allocate enough funds to give social affirmative action or cash transfer fund to the elderly beyond the age of 65. We are grappling with that. We want everybody who should benefit to benefit and yet, you want to create funds which are likely to be misused. If this country makes a mistake of creating that fund - and I am glad it is a Motion and not a Bill--- That is because if it was a Bill, it would be a disaster for this country. It would be a disaster for this country if we make it legal that a fund like that is created. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as a Parliament that appropriates funds, we should not bring populist Motions just because we want our constituents to see that we care. There is no caring here. This is masquerading. In my view, this Motion is purely populist! It serves no purpose, it is meaningless and this House should reject it. If there is any Motion which has taken our time and is meaningless, it is this Motion. I wish we could spend our time differently, constructively and productively by debating Bills that would improve on the welfare of Kenyans, rather than spend a whole morning debating a Motion which completely adds no value. This Motion cannot be implemented in the first place. Even if we pass it, how will it be implemented? Are you going to create a fund for everybody, including Members of Parliament? One should word a Motion in a way---"
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