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    "id": 1011274,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyaribari Chache, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard Tong'i",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Nyagaka Tongi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. You know my good friend likes publicity. This is one such opportunity he wanted to rise so that the youth and the community he represents can notice him. I have not said that the youth should not be CEOs. Actually, I am on record on that. The other day, I saw a posting on our page saying Rwanda has given an opportunity to a young person of 19 years to sit in the Cabinet. If that is true, it is something that all of us need to emulate as a country and learn from best practices. That is one such best practice. But as we do that, we also have a country to run, where you need people who have experience to manage the core departments of this country. It is a wake-up call to the Public Service. There is a huge gap between the youth and the people who are above 50 years. The people who are above 50 years are almost 50 per cent of the working population in Government. If that is true, then there is a huge discrepancy. I do not know if it is by design. Now, the National Treasury has even said that the Government is freezing employment for three years. We need to condemn that. If 50 per cent of the employed population in Government are 50 years and above and we freeze employment, where are we going to get people to take over from all of us? Like Okonkwo would say, if all of us can clean the front yards of our houses, the entire world would be a very 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."
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