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    "id": 1032552,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I had started talking about the youth. The youth bulge in this country is real. We must find ways and a clear strategy of dealing with the youth issues. I agree with the President that inciting the youth is not the solution. Tokenism is not the solution. The solution lies with clearly defined programmes, strategies and plans to empower the youth. That can only be done through innovation. That is something that we need to work on very seriously. The President tied the issues of security together with other issues under Article 10 of the Constitution on values and principles such as democracy, inclusivity, peace and coexistence. He tied them together and talked largely about the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI). I have heard many Kenyans go to the extent of calling the BBI Report a useless document. They have even gone ahead and said that we should not waste money on useless initiatives. They are forgetting one fact. Without political stability, you cannot have security in a country. You cannot talk about health services. You cannot provide those health services. Kenyans forget very fast. Towards the end of 2017 up to the first two months of 2018, this country was ungovernable. We literally had two presidents recognised differently. We had the President who was sworn in at Kasarani and then another President we swore in at Uhuru Park - the peoples’ President. Whether it was me or you, you are the same ones who have been bringing problems with Tangatanga and Kieleweke . We must speak amongst ourselves. This kind of carelessness where you hear some people shouting when they have opportunities to talk later, bringing in a lot of propaganda on an important document like the BBI, and those saying that the BBI Report is useless, can you tell us which one is useful? What efforts have you taken? The effort cannot be distributing wheelbarrows. That cannot be the effort to bring peace in this country. Peace 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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