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    "id": 1152547,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I was waiting for you to say less minutes because you gave Sen. (Dr.) Zani five minutes. Personally, I know you believe in bottom-up. Therefore, you will hear this. Since we came to this House, we have never received this report. I have asked for it without fail from Sen. Shiyonga’s Committee on National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration. I chaired it in the last House when it was a joint Committee of both Houses. It has never brought that report. We are doing a great disservice to our young people, our women and to PWD. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there was a day I was at an establishment and a young person came and said, ‘your entire bill and that of your people is on me and here is Kshs100,000.’ I refused because I thought I am being bribed. I asked him why he would do so and he said that because of the 30 per cent rule he just dared to try doing a procurement and to date he is supplying the Ministry of Defence. Those success stories need to be shown. When you ask young people how many have registered a company or have tried to tender, they say they have not because they heard it is hard. They also say they have not registered or even tried to register a company. I want to encourage our young people, wherever they are, it is easy to give up and not believe nor try. It just takes one step. Nowadays business registration is very easy. You do not need to pay a lawyer such as Sen. Omogeni and his ilk who used to register businesses for a lot of money. These days, the templates are there. You can do it for some little money. If you are in Nairobi County, after August 9th, I will give you a chance to procure. If you are in counties with forward-thinking governors like the incoming governor of Bungoma, I am sure they will get an opportunity to procure when Hon. Lusaka is the governor. Your young people in Kanduyi, Kimilili and Tongaren can actually do something with the Government. It is not just newspapers and flowers or bush clearing. They can The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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