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    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, FORD - K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Thank you for the chance, Madam Deputy Speaker, I want to thank Hon. Kiarie for coming up with this Motion. My take is that once this goes through, we would want Hon. Kiarie to make it into a Bill and create a department. Because if we just have this Motion passed and we fund it through the NG-CDF or Uwezo Fund, that may be messy, and not a very good directive. This Bill is very good and it will help because Kenyans are very creative. Recently, a colleague and I went on a trip to Korea, where we were asked to carry Maasai shukas . We were supposed to go with the Maasai shukas because they have seen them, and they are very admirable elsewhere. This is a creation from this country. If you go to the Bomas of Kenya, you will see how they dance and sing. We have the best singers in this country compared to even the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). So, we have talent here, but it is wasted. From where I sit, once this has gone through – and I can see the House is very supportive of this Motion – I would suggest that we do one thing, make it into a department. This department can be housed either in the Ministry of Youth, Ministry of Industry or whatever it is depending on the wisdom of this House, so that the youth are not disadvantaged. It is not only the youth; there are many other people above 38 years who are very creative out there. That is the only way we can be able to have this particular Motion. I hope that my colleague, Hon. John Kiarie, is listening. We will pick it up and we will work together so that we do not just talk. So many other things have been mentioned. Those of us who do not know, Safaricom was created by our own youths sometimes back, and now it has taken over many countries. We now have it in Ethiopia and everywhere else. I went to the Middle East and Safaricom is there, a creation of our own youths. Therefore, that is what we should do, and that is the way to go ahead of these people who come and take some of our talents and sell them elsewhere. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I also want to mention that apart from creating that, we also want to make sure that from now onwards, once it is anchored in the Constitution, nothing can be copied out there without paying for it. This is because anything that we see out there is paid for, and anything that is new to the world is paid for because it is talent. Some of the youth in my area, for example, are running all over the place and whatever they create is amazing. 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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