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    "id": 1156651,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gatanga, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Nduati",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Nduati Ngugi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. He has no right to protest because he came after me, although he is a great friend of mine. I appreciate that he is always in Parliament to contribute to debate. From the outset, I support the Bill. It is a good one. I will always support anything that goes towards supporting our youth. It is very expensive for young people to join the construction industry. To conduct a search for a business name and register a business costs Kshs200 and Ksh600, respectively. If you want to register with the National Construction Authority (NCA), the lowest category costs Kshs8,000 and you will have to come to Nairobi. Those services are not readily available in rural areas. It is not just about the cost. Even filling the forms is very complicated. Young people cannot do so. That is why I support what Hon. Gikaria has proposed. Even when you register, there are other requirements. Of course, you have to register with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) and acquire a Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Personal Identification Number (PIN). All these things are complicated for young people. Looking at the construction of the Competence Based Curriculum (CBC) classrooms that the Government undertook recently, there are very many requirements for one to tender. To fill the tender document, even for someone who is as educated as you are, will take you a day. As we talk about the NCA, we also need to look at the tendering conditions which are not favourable to young people. It is high time the Public Procurement Review Board (PPRB) came up with a simplified document which can be used by young people and women. Capital is also a problem. Starting a business is not easy. If you are awarded a tender worth Kshs500,000, it is very difficult to raise even Kshs100,000 as a young person. I have a proposal which I have discussed with Hon. Gikaria. There is something that used to happen in the 1970s that when you were awarded a tender, you were advanced money, which would be deducted in three equal instalments. This is something that we need to bring back if we are going to create jobs and encourage young people to join this industry. Tomorrow, we will be here for the budget highlights. You will realise that a lot of money goes towards infrastructure; power, roads, health, schools, but our young people are not able to participate in the projects because of lack of capital. My proposal is that we bring back advance payment, which can be deducted from the second certificate. It used to happen in the past and it really promoted Kenyans. I also propose that we find ways of financing jobs for young people. We can encourage CDF committees to team up with local suppliers. When a young person is given work, the committee can give irrevocable authority, so that the supplier is paid directly. We must look for 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."
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