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    "id": 1023001,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Limuru, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Mwathi",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Mungai Mwathi",
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    "content": "The second phase has been rolled out in all the 47 counties. In Phase I, we had only a few counties, namely, Kilifi, Kwale, Mombasa, Nairobi, Kiambu, Nakuru, Kisumu, and Mandera. I have given the coverage areas and the numbers in each of those areas. Phase II has now been rolled to the 47 counties and involves 283,000 workers comprised primarily vulnerable youths living in slums and informal areas in our urban areas. In addition, for a duration of six and a half months, they will be earning Kshs455 each, a figure that has been agreed to by the leaders of those youths. The success stories about this program are: It has provided a platform for mentorship, identification, and nurturing of youth’s talents and youth bonding. It has partially reduced unemployment. It is also cost effective because they use their own tools. It has reduced idleness and has helped some youths quit bad behavior.There are general upgrading of hygiene standards in the areas of operation especially in the slums, cleaning of roads, markets, schools and playgrounds, and they have opened up other public areas. The challenges, and I expect Members to listen to this and follow up, are that, some youths provided telephone numbers that do not match their IDs. There have been issues that youths are not getting the payments or their payments are delayed, reasons being that some youths provided telephone numbers that do not match their ID cards. This has resulted in mis-matched details. This was especially the case when youths used IDs which belong to other family members and this led to delayed payments and in some instances, no payments at all. Some youths had blocked or “frozen numbers”. Under this, I say some youths, because they had taken Fuliza loans. There is inadequate funding for the program given the high level of vulnerability coupled with massive job losses and for this reason, the program will only cover the most vulnerable of the youth. The youths who are basically slum dwellers have a myriad of issues and some choose to use proxy telephone numbers due to loans in their lines or using different subscribers mostly Airtel and Telcom. The process requires a lot of data which definitely is prone to human error and manipulation as opposed to use of banks and cash for payments where an officer can be held responsible. Hon. Speaker, I have attached an annex containing all the 47 counties together with the names of the sub-counties which are benefiting from this program. In conclusion, my Committee undertakes to work closely with the State Department to address the issues to improve on the program. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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