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    "id": 976504,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, DP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Gitonga",
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        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I have sat here for the entire afternoon. I am happy your eye has caught my presence. I rise to support the adoption of this Report. While we recognise that we have certain Funds in our laws like the Youth Fund, Uwezo Fund and Women Enterprise Fund, we do not have a men enterprise fund that would actually go towards assisting men also develop or become entrepreneurs in their dealings. It is not that men are not needy or require assistance. I think this is a misplacement which we must take responsibility for because we are not taking care of our men. This takes me back to about 30 years ago when the song that we must empower the girl- child, give good education, shelter and good care started. The results of what we did those years are visible today because the boy-child is slowly becoming disempowered. In another 20 years to come, the repercussions are going to be grave and we must start thinking about men. Without them, we do not know what the future of our nation is going to be. Be that as it may, let me talk about Uwezo Fund in my constituency of Tharaka. First and foremost, my predecessor who was the patron then gave everyone the wrong notion that this was free money from the Government and is never repaid. As the funds were disbursed from 2014 to date, many of the recipients and beneficiaries were convinced that this was free money and there was no obligation on them to repay. That was wrong and still is wrong. Uwezo Fund is not free money. It is an enterprise fund meant to assist the beneficiaries in developing themselves. There is a requirement that we have to collect 50 per cent of what was The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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