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    "id": 1192751,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera West, UDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Yusuf Adan",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I have really waited this morning. I rise to support the Motion by Hon. Kiarie. It is very timely. The youth are the majority in the country and unemployment is at serious levels. It is very dangerous to continue having unemployed youths, even from a security point of view. Jobs are easily available among artisans. As soon as they get the skills and the tools required, jobs are always there. Jobs requiring artisanal skills are in every country. Artisans are very important in our economy. They produce affordable, durable and user-friendly wares all over. Artisans need only two things to develop. The first thing is support in terms of finance, in respect of which Hon. KJ has proposed setting aside 2 per cent of the NG-CDF for them. Another source of funds for them is the Hustler Fund, which His Excellency the President will launch on 1st December 2022. That is very appropriate and we can get adequate funding for artisans. Nobody is more of a hustler than the artisans themselves. About 50 per cent of the Hustler Fund should go towards supporting artisans. Hon. Temporary Speaker, artisans are very important in our day-to-day lives. A lot of the raw materials that we produce in this country go to waste because our artisans are not supported. They do not have the requisite skill and tools to work with. For example, in Mandera West Constituency, where I come from, we slaughter thousands of goats, cattle, sheep and camels in our slaughterhouses every morning to supply meat to town. Unfortunately, all the hides and skins are thrown away because the artisans who used to produce leather belts, shoes and masalas are no longer able to do so because they have not developed skills and they do not 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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