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    "id": 1219258,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1219258/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "Ethiopian textile industry is closed. Are we able to put up shades so that these companies can come back to Kenya and employ the youth? I think the most important thing that we can do is to see how we can create an excellence academy so that many of the young people can join it. There is use of technology at the EPZ, especially given the machines that are being used. I walked into an EPZ in Kisumu called DADA. Now DADA EPZ Limited belongs to a woman who worked in Gikomba for more than 30 years. During COVID-19, she realised that she was having a lot of challenges importing mitumba and decided to open an EPZ in Kisumu. While in Kisumu, she started recruiting young girls who had dropped out of school. Today, her facility has about 3,000 young girls. These are girls who dropped out of school because of early pregnancy. They work in the afternoon and go to Ngumbaru so that they can continue with their education. Even as we celebrate women, these are the women that we need to celebrate today. I want to tell young girls that, indeed, when you are in school, always inspire yourself because one day you will change the lives of others. If you have a young girl who has experienced early pregnancy, please, talk to them. Do not look down upon them and do not victimise them. This is why we have different institutions taking care of them. So, as I finalise so that I can call upon my sister, Hon. Martha, to second, I just want to say this: As we debate this Motion, let us remember that this is one of the flagship programmes that can transform the lives of many young people. Let us remember that Ethiopian textile industry is now closed by the Americans because of their conflict. Kenya is the next hub that should take over. Everyone appreciates that Kenya is a hub within East Africa that has done so well regarding the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) program. With those few remarks, I beg to move and ask Hon. Martha Wangari to second."
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