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    "id": 1265173,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1265173/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Manyatta, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gitonga Mukunji",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the decision by the Departmental Committee on Labour to reject the appointment of Phyllis Wambui Wagacha as a member of the SRC. Having looked at the Report of the Committee, I commend the Chairperson for standing up for the youth of this country. If you peruse the Report, you will see that Madam Phyllis has been an officer in the public domain for quite a long time. Her net worth is close to Ksh500 million. We are doing this country a disservice when we appoint people who are over 75 years of age. It is not okay or right to give a 75-year-old a job that requires them to wake up at 5.00 a.m. in the morning and go back home at night. As a young Member of Parliament and as a Member of the Kenya Young Parliamentarians Association, I support the Committee’s analysis that this nominee should relax, be an advisor, and ensure that things are running right. The youth should be left to run these institutions. That should apply to all forms of employment in this country. Even as Members of Parliament, we should not push too far when time is not on our side and old age has called on us. We would like a situation where this country is representative of its population, which is made up of almost 70 per cent youths. His Excellency the President is at the forefront in campaigning for our youths to get jobs. The SRC, which is the organisation that determines the salaries of public officers, cannot have a 75-year-old member making decisions."
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