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    "id": 1031981,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "Another area the President addressed very well is the question of we now deal with the economy which is sagging. Who are the propellers of this economy? This is the human capital. I think he addressed human capital. Unless we retrain and reorient our thinking in terms of how we want to generate the incomes for this country, it is going to a futile exercise. Hence the word which I liked so much that we should train our young people - these are some of our potential human capital - train them not to be earners of wages, but to be creators or owners of capital. How do you train them to be owners of capital? It is banqueting to them the necessary technology, the Information Communication Technology (ICT). Madam Deputy Speaker, you and I were once at the helm of the Ministry of Education. We proposed to move forward the agenda of technical training and applied technology as a vocational training resource for the young people and young school leavers to attain that level of proficiency. I am glad to say that these are the future creators of the economy. The micro enterprises are going to arise from this group of people who will be properly trained to achieve what others were not able achieve. We have a whole array. We have a complete department of Directorate Industrial Training Centre which is training and increasing skill achievement by those who are already in the industry. One time when I was in charge of that Ministry, I did turn the Directorate of Industrial Training Centre to train the youth from the youth polytechnics, technical training institutes and our polytechnics. We were able to achieve certain level of skills that we have been able manufacture certain elements. Let me also add to say that sometimes back, it was not fashionable to be called a"
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