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    "id": 1121743,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1121743/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I was just consulting with the sponsor of the Bill. I had also had a lot of discussions with him before the Bill came to the House. I support the Bill. The issue of checks should not be a hindrance to young people who want to get employed. Even before you decide whether you are taking somebody on board, you are profiling him either as a criminal or as someone who is unable to do one or two things. The young people do not have the finances required to process most of the requirements that are a prelude to employment. When you go through all those checks, they total to a high sum of money that even a person who want to get employed does not have. How many times do we see many young people get to a point where they cannot even apply for jobs? We should make it easier for them. Those who will not support this Bill will say that we risk having criminals and all sorts of descriptions as new people being employed. But it should be an easy process so that it does not interfere with one’s right to get employed after all. It should not hinder anybody from getting employed. The certificates should be free and they should be available locally, either at the county or sub-county level. People can even be employed and background checks done afterwards. The employer has a right to do that."
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