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    "id": 1065463,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okelo",
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        "legal_name": "Jared Odoyo Okelo",
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    "content": "projects. If you keep giving governors and county assemblies money and they have to sit down to determine the direction that money goes, we will continue to have pilferages. It is very difficult to pilfer the NG-CDF because it is tied to projects. All over the country, you see nothing but the NG- CDF funded projects. I wish the NG-CDF could also be increased from 2.5 to 5 per cent, so that we can address the plight of our schools, chiefs and their assistant chiefs and the police, who take care of our security arrangements in the constituencies. The establishment of the Youth Commission to address the concerns of our youth from the grassroots is a welcome move. Joblessness amongst the youth is a time bomb. It has been said severally that the youth, without any tangible income, will one day become disastrous to this country. The Youth Commission will have all the CVs of the youth and try to put them into jobs and address their problems as they emerge. Those who would wish to do businesses will be given money so that they can be engaged. They are the productive lot of our society and we cannot wish them away. I am happy there will be a moratorium spread on the Higher Education Loans Board that is expended to students in various universities and colleges. Seven years upon graduation is ample time to put their houses in order so that when they start repaying the money to the Government, they will have stabilised and will not be hard pressed on meeting this obligation. The Ward Funds that will be under the purview of the members of county assemblies (MCAs) will go a long way in addressing issues at the ward-level. This is something that we all stand in solidarity to support."
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