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    "id": 1003065,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bura, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ali Wario",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ali Wario",
        "slug": "ali-wario"
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, next is a response to a request for Statement by Hon. Abdullswamad Nassir, the Member for Mvita. On 4th June 2020, Hon. Abdullswamad Nassir, pursuant to Standing Order No.44(2)(c), requested for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare regarding non-payment of youths engaged by the Government under the National Hygiene Programme also referred to as Kazi Mtaani . Specifically, Hon. Abdullswamad sought information on the following: i. whether the Cabinet Secretary could explain why youths engaged in the Kazi Mtaani Programme to offer service during the COVID-19 Pandemic period are yet to be paid, noting that the programme was initiated to cushion the young unemployed citizens of the country; ii. what measures the Ministry has put in place to ensure that youths are paid regularly without delay; and, iii. whether the Cabinet Secretary is aware that the youths have not been provided with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Hon. Speaker, I have since received a response from the State Department for Housing and Urban Development, where the programme is anchored, on the issues raised by the Member which, I wish to present. On the first question, we confirmed that the youths are paid regularly for work done on a weekly basis through mobile phone money transfer. However, during the initial period, we experienced some challenges of non-payment of some youths because of the following: i. The youth provided telephone numbers that were not registered with M-Pesa and, therefore, Safaricom could not successfully remit the funds. However, this issue has since been addressed by encouraging the youths to register. ii. Some youths provided telephone numbers that do not match with their identifications (IDs) resulting in mismatch details. This was especially the case when the youths used 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."
}