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    "id": 1106356,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Major (Rtd.) Bashir S. Abdullaih",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13417,
        "legal_name": "Bashir Sheikh Abdullah",
        "slug": "bashir-sheikh-abdullah"
    },
    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill by Hon. Keter. It is very timely. I wish that it had come quite early. The gist of the matter is employment. The youth are looking for employment for the first time. Government agencies ask them to provide clearances from the EACC, DCI, HELB and KRA and yet they are not sure if they will get the jobs. Members who spoke before said it amounts to between Ksh6,000 and Ksh10,000. Cumulatively, looking for the clearance certificates costs money. The EACC says their clearance certificate is free, but look at how you obtain the certificates. You go through a lawyer; you pay. It is not free. It is high time that employers were asked to employ these youth and given time, like three months which is also the probation period, to provide those clearance certificates. In fact, if you have employed him already, the charges should be absorbed by the employer. It is sad that youth who have no experience are asked to provide compliance certificate from CRB. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, they have not done any businesses and have not been absorbed anywhere else. Why would they be asked for it? On the HELB certificate, if they do not have employment, how would they have cleared this HELB loan? It is actually sad. We are talking about 60 per cent of Kenyan youths who are unemployed. That is 35 years and below. Therefore, if we have this kind of amendment and ensure that it is implemented, we will help the youths. It does not mean that once we have this kind of amendment and it goes through, there is employment for the youths. We will still urge the Government to roll out elaborate plans to ensure the youths are absorbed. It is sad that we are being told we want to increase youth employment and expand the economy, but it is very difficult to facilitate them to acquire employment. Some youths are in The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}