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    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) James Nyikal",
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    "content": " Yes, that is correct. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Report. I support the adoption of the Report. This is an extremely important discussion. There are three special funds; namely, the Uwezo Fund, the Youth Enterprise Development Fund and the Women Enterprise Fund. The main difference is that the Uwezo Fund came through an entirely political process and, therefore, its structures were never developed. The Youth Enterprise Development Fund and the Women Enterprise Fund came through clearly worked out processes that put in structures. I am actually quite happy to hear Members saying that the Women Enterprise Fund has worked. In 2008 when I joined the Ministry of Gender as the Permanent Secretary, the Women Enterprise Fund was exactly the way the Youth Enterprise Development Fund is today. There was a lot of money in the bank. There were only two officers that were dealing with it. There were no officers on the ground. Nothing was happening. We had to say that the funding of Kshs1 billion could not be run like that. They had to put in a structure. Therefore, we employed a manager who had a financial management background. The manager was one of the people who were instrumental in putting up Family Bank. I must congratulate Mr. Wainaina. When he came, 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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