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    "id": 1106290,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1106290/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mutunga",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13495,
        "legal_name": "John Kanyuithia Mutunga",
        "slug": "john-kanyuithia-mutunga"
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    "content": "it comes to recruitment of disciplined forces, it is the person who has money that gets that position. We know it. We cannot do such small simple things. It is not possible that those who deserve, get it. Those who deserve do not get, but those who have the money get it. So, only the rich get these positions. How can we say that we are supporting our youth? We are in a situation where we are creating potential chaos deliberately. Training young people who are energetic, giving them the knowledge and wasting them away. That is a potential chaotic situation. It is extremely dangerous because if you look at the level of destitution… People who are not knowledgeable can probably cope with destitution. However, people who are extremely knowledgeable may not and will not. Actually, Kenyan youths are very good. We are creating a very chaotic situation. We are likely to lead this country into a crisis; we see it and we are doing it deliberately. What is so difficult in having policies that will enable us to have the youth employed? We are creating an increasing population of dissatisfied people who are suffering disaffection. We are relegating them to the dogs. We are sending them to waste when they are so young. How can we say we are nation building when the younger people can no longer engage in family life and development at a young age? We are making mistakes as a country. It is time we thought of job creation. The Bill we need right now in this country is one on job creation. We need a Bill for job creation. We need to compel ourselves, and if we have to go through the law, so be it. We must compel ourselves to create jobs. We give people quotas to create jobs if you have to invest in this particular country so that we can solve this problem. Otherwise, we shall get into a crisis and it will not be manageable. The reason why we have post-election violence is because there are youths in this country who are unemployed and very poor, and they are easily bought with very little money. They then can engage in whatever is available. That is a crisis. Why do we allow this to happen? There was no need for the BBI; what we needed was to create employment opportunities for Kenyans. That is the direction we need to take and unless we take that direction, we are headed for a crisis. I support."
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