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    "id": 1106302,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1106302/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD - K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "we have a Ministry that is specifically in charge of youth affairs. There was a Bill by Hon. Sakaja that I seconded. That Bill sought the development of a database of youth in the country. The institutions responsible would be focussing on dealing with issues that would help the youths to acquire employment. We are told that the GDP of this country has reduced drastically. During Kibaki’s time, the GDP grew from negative growth to almost seven per cent. Our Vision 2030 was premised on the assumption that we would become a middle income country with a sustainable GDP growth of 10 per cent. Unfortunately, that has not happened. If we encourage the youth to get employment through such policies, we will increase the number of people who will be paying taxes. In this country we look at taxes that help in running the operations of the country. The biggest labour force we have is the youth. So, the Government should put measures in place to make it easier for the youth to get employed. Once they get employed, they will contribute to revenue growth as they remit PAYE to Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). We will not be having shortfalls of revenue. This is an important Bill, particularly for the youths. I call upon my colleagues to support it so that we remove the mandatory requirement to produce many documents as one applies for a job. The youths cannot afford to acquire them as they seek employment. With those remarks, I beg to support."
}