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    "id": 1031530,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1031530/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta",
    "speaker_title": "His Excellency the President",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 168,
        "legal_name": "Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta",
        "slug": "uhuru-kenyatta"
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    "content": "As we seek to grow our industries and create jobs in the manufacturing sector, we must of necessity have the manpower, with requisite skills to match the needs of the industry. Majority of the skills required are with respect to blue-collar jobs that need young men and women who understand the basics of the digital economy and who have the capacity to deploy both knowledge and ingenuity as they seek to solve practical problems. It has taken considerable effort on the part of my administration to educate both parents and young people that there is a viable education pathway for Form Four leavers who do not achieve the necessary grades to pursue university programmes. This pathway is anchored on the Technical and Vocational Training Programme. Today, I am proud to report that we have so far enrolled 430,598 students into 182 technical and vocational training colleges across the country. The curricula for these institutions has been developed in partnership with industry stakeholders in varied sectors of our economy ranging from the automotive industry, oil and gas, maritime and shipping to agro-processing. We are also collaborating closely with technology partners to develop curricula for basic digital skills to allow our young people to take advantage of opportunities within the digital economy. Indeed, barely a month ago, I launched a Boda Boda Scheme meant to bring together 1.4 million riders in that sector, who actively support Ksh5.2 million families across the country. What I told them is that in aggregate, these riders make a total of Ksh357 billion every year, which is more than the total disbursements that we make to 47 counties through the National Exchequer, which presently stands at Ksh316 billion annually. With these statistics in mind, it is clear that"
}