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    "id": 1033231,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1033231/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": "technology. It is painful. He may have achieved a lot in terms of what is on the ground, but most of the money does not remain with us. The President who talked to us here last week was so bullish in talking about youth empowerment and how he is going to transform the lives of the youth. Every youth you meet in Kenya today wants to give up. They do not know whether tomorrow will be a better day than yesterday. We have not had sustainable projects that can make the youth feel they can do and get somewhere. We still live in an economy where you must know somebody. How many people will the millions of youth get to know to make sure that they get into the mainstream economy? The informal economy is part of our economy. We must put money into it. Even as the President says he has put so much money in the fight against COVID-19 and reduced Value Added Tax (VAT), most of the people who are supposed to benefit from the VAT reduction have no earnings. Let us target all COVID-19 interventions to the lowest person in the economy so that we ensure we carry them along. I am sorry my time is up. I had so much to say. Let the President walk the talk. Intentions, like he said in Paragraph 8 of his Speech, are not enough. Let us see him in his last 18 months taking proper steps to ensure that the young people of this country feel part of the country and feel that their interests are being taken care of. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support. Thank you."
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