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    "id": 1180829,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1180829/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kesses, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Rutto",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Speaker, you are aware that in this country, the education sector has shifted focus to support technical education in order for our youths to equip themselves with technical skills. The objective of this shift is to ensure that we address the challenge of youth unemployment with a view to ensuring that those who are not employed in the formal sector can be absorbed in the informal sector. This will give our youths opportunity to utilize the technical knowledge that they have acquired. I support this Motion because we need policies put in place to enable our country to stop importing every now and then. Looking at our roads, they are filled with imported second- hand motor vehicles because that is what we can afford. However, the resultant net impact in terms of the cost of spare parts needed to service those motor vehicles is big. We should reduce our dependence on importation. If we allow our own industries to assemble motor vehicle and manufacture spare parts locally, the maintenance costs will reduce. This will speed up development and economic growth. I support this Motion because it is the right direction to go. Once approved, the policy should be implemented. We want the motor vehicle sector to grow so that we can create employment, increase revenue and the income of households in this country. In the long run, families will achieve their desired livelihoods. Our youths will grow their talents and become innovative. In the long run, Kenya will export the same technology to other Third World countries like those in West Africa, which rely on us. As at now, Kenya has become more of a borrower or importer than an exporter. This explains the current challenges we are facing in terms of rising prices of commodities and difficulty in managing the cost of living."
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