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    "id": 976544,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/976544/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kasarani, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Mercy Wanjiku",
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        "legal_name": "Mercy Wanjiku Gakuya",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would not advocate for merging of the Uwezo Fund, the youth fund and the Women Enterprise Fund because if we merge the two or three… The Uwezo Fund is a unique fund that is meant to assist the women. A young or old woman can benefit from two or three funds. A young woman would benefit from Uwezo Fund, Women Enterprise Fund as well as the Youth Enterprise Development Fund. So, I do not advocate that we merge the three Funds. I recommend that we put enough structures in place and ensure that proper training is done at the right time before the issuance of the loan. If we do not do that, you will find 50 per cent or more of the constituencies cannot run the Fund. As I said earlier, Uwezo Fund was meant to eradicate poverty and hunger. In most setups, like in my constituency, the Fund is not basically meant for poverty or hunger, but to ensure job creation for the young people whereby they are supposed to have enough training to have the knowhow to run businesses. The Women Enterprise Fund is supposed to promote gender equality and women empowerment, but the way it is conducted, it will be difficult for the beneficiaries in the years to come. If there will be nothing in the kitty, it will be difficult. We keep saying each and every time that our youths are not able to get jobs. For instance, we saw the other day when Chandarana Supermarket was hiring staff in some town in Kakamega and the youths who showed up there were about 6 to 7,000. We are supposed to ensure that each and every youth, even before any other funding comes - Uwezo Fund and Youth Enterprise Development Fund, which do not have many strict rules and are at the grassroots – get the funds."
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