{"id":824426,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/824426/?format=json","text_counter":433,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kandara, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. (Ms.) Alice Wahome","speaker":{"id":1700,"legal_name":"Alice Muthoni Wahome","slug":"alice-muthoni-wahome"},"content":"including those of his own constituency. He said he is a father of daughters and his daughters should not be hearing those kinds of statements, but I appreciate the fact that he nevertheless supported the Report. We cannot compare ourselves with the Arab world. We want to compare Kenya with the best. We have been a reference point in some of the initiatives that the Government under His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta has come up with, especially the 30 per cent which is a showcase reference point. The Huduma centre services have earned various awards world over. I think even the proposal by the National Treasury to merge the Women Enterprise Development Fund, Youth Enterprise Development Fund and the Uwezo Fund may not be necessarily a very good policy because Women Enterprise Development Fund which is an economic empowerment fund is working extremely well. I think it could have been better to leave it the way it is because all the structures are in place. Women are borrowing and repaying over 100 per cent."}