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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kavindu Muthama",
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    "content": "that the Government should support so that the innovations that they have can be brought to light and used for the benefit of the country. This Bill should not only serve the interests of the young people but mature people too who have ideas that can be nurtured to produce innovations that can be of great help to this country. This Bill will also cater for the young people who are looking for jobs because not all of us can get white collar jobs. The startup by young people as well as the mama mbogas who do business should be fully supported by the Government so that their businesses can grow. I have seen young people on social media who have finished their university education but have nothing to do. Some of them have opted to work with the students outside the country doing college work for them for pay. They are doing very well because we have great brains in this country. If only they get a platform to release what they have in them, the incubators that Sen. Sakaja’s Bill is talking about; to bring out what they have and be supported. They are running to other countries and being misused by people not even paying them what they should be paid. This is because here in our country, we have not giving them the support we should, standing with and encouraging them. When many of them come with these innovations they are stolen by others. I have seen artists coming up with songs that are stolen by others who record them as if they are the ones who did it. The artist loses whatever he wanted to achieve. Sen. Sakaja, all this should come in there. Not only with IT but even artists should be protected in whatever they do. Even the athletes should be protected and fully supported. I have seen some innovators who were honored from outside and I do not know what our country is doing for them. Somebody innovates something here; it is picked by someone from another country who is then honored. Why can we not be the ones who are first honoring them to encourage and motivate them so that they can continue? Many of them are discouraged because whatever they do is not recognized by anyone. I concur with Sen. Wetangula, when he says that agencies might come and be another platform of corruption or even discouraging some because of favoritism. Such a thing should not be seen anywhere near these people so that they can do what they want. Once somebody is discouraged, they sit back and do not continue with what they are supposed to do. We have young people who have innovated the lion lights in Kenya, the smart bulbs, the gas tracking devices. These were students from Technical University of Kenya (TUK) and cut up by Kenya High Scholars. These people should be encouraged and given a media platform so that whenever other young people see what they are doing, they will be motivated to move in that direction. There are those who are not gifted in learning but in crafting and making things. If they are given platforms for adverts, it will encourage many others. I pray that this Bill sees the light of the day. I congratulate Sen. Sakaja. I support."
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