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    "id": 554829,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Nyamunga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 738,
        "legal_name": "Rose Nyamunga Ogendo",
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    "content": "should be issued with IDs and voter registration cards. This will save them the agony of going round looking for voter registration cards. This should be done together. I believe that the Kshs500 million put into that kitty will go a long way in making sure that most people are registered. Another area that I would like to support is the issue of the Senate. I am not very sure, other than bickering a bit and witch-hunting, about the mandate of the Senate. There is no need to reallocate and allocate more money to the Senate when there is a lot of misappropriation of resources at the county level. All of us know that as much as most of them have never been brought to book, there are people who have been named. We have never known the truth about those governors or counties. The Senators should be at the forefront in over-sighting county governments. They should not wait until the issue has been raised. They should be whistleblowers so that everybody is informed before any county loses any money. That is the work of the Senate other than the competition between the Senate and the National Assembly. The idea here should be taking care of the resources and everybody fulfilling his or her mandate: The National Assembly should perform its mandate while the Senate should perform its mandate of over-sighting county assemblies. Hon. Speaker, I have seen that a lot of money has been reduced from the Uwezo Fund, the Women Enterprise Development Fund and the Youth Enterprise Development Fund. It is known to all of us that the three Funds have done a lot to the youth and the women at the local level. However, I have a small problem with that because any funds that are given to the public without an elected leader over-sighting it do not work very well. In my view and in future, it is very important that the money is consolidated. We should consolidate most of these resources. The Women Enterprise Development Fund, the Uwezo Fund and the Youth Enterprise Development Fund should be consolidated and put under some elected leadership. In this case, they should be put under a Women Representative. The Women Representatives can do a very good job over-sighting this money. You can see the Uwezo Fund is doing very well because most people have started refunding the money even before the due date. I believe that if this money is consolidated and put under proper leadership elected by the people, the Fund will expand and serve the purpose for which it is intended. Another issue I want to touch on is that of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). I am in support of the Kshs1 billion reduction on the settlement of the IDPs. This is because the issue of IDPs has not been handled properly. You will realise that when it comes to resettlement of IDPs, some people have been well taken care of while those from some areas have been neglected. I can tell you for sure that if you visit Nyanza and some parts of Western Province, you will find that there was no compensation and yet there were very many IDPs there. Up to now, they are saying that people from Nyanza integrated amongst their relatives and as a result they cannot be taken care of. So, reducing that money is important to me. We can put that money in another area where it can be used properly because the IDP issue has never been addressed properly. Many people who are IDPs in some parts of this country are still suffering. 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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