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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okenyuri",
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    "content": "day, therefore, calls upon everyone to join the efforts of the United Nations and help it achieve its sustainable development goals. In Kenya, the commemoration of International Youth Day will take the form of a celebration of youth week, whereby a flurry of youth events and activities have been planned to run for a full week, beginning Monday, that was yesterday and envisioned to culminate in the International Youth Day on Saturday 12th August, 2023. The theme of this year's International Youth Day is ‘Green Skills for Youth towards a Sustainable World’. The youth are an asset and are our collective future who are also most affected by the vagaries of climate change. The majority of these youth are not only students, but also teachers, upcoming industry captains and emerging leaders. In a world faced with a first evolving climate change challenge and unsustainable economic systems, our focus on equipping the youth with green skills is quite strategic. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the United Nations has expanded this year's theme of green skills into five major areas of concern and focus as follows- 1. The certain knowledge, abilities, values, and attitudes needed to live in, develop and support a sustainable and resource-efficient society; 2. That the youth will endure severe climate events longer; 3. That the youth will experience significant changes in economic opportunities; 4. That skills demand is exceeding supply, and this means that 60 per cent of young people will lack the skills necessary to thrive in the green economy in the year 2030; 5. That there are disparities that must be addressed, including the technology divide. We have 67 per cent of youth who do not have digital skills due to a lack of basic resources. 6. The other issue is the education gap; those with university education obtain green skills quicker than the youth with no university education; and finally, 7. The current occupational gender stereotypes are likely to persist as it is claimed that the green transition will favour male-dominant sectors, 19 million jobs will be created for men as compared to six million for women. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the situation in our country is dire. The extent to which our youth have acquired green skills has not been measured and as we all know, what is not measured can never be managed. The Government must therefore accelerate the formulation of a policy framework under which we can coordinate and consolidate our interventions. The youth need to be made aware of the unique challenges that their generation has to grapple with and be helped to be ready to turn these challenges into opportunities. It is encouraging to note that our President, H.E. (Dr.) William Samoei Ruto, is cutting a powerful global voice on matters of climate change mitigation. The relevant Ministry must translate this strategic positioning by the President into tangible benefits for our young people. An example of such a benefit is registering the youth in community groups, which participate in activities such as tree planting, which affects reducing carbon emissions and earning from carbon credits. Efforts to impart green skills to the youth at the community level must be highlighted, lauded and supported. Such examples include community groups such as the Kisii-Magenje Welfare Group in Bomachoge-Borabu Constituency, which engages in"
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