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    "id": 130590,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/130590/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamalwa",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 148,
        "legal_name": "Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Bill. The Bill comes at a very crucial time when the youth of this nation are losing hope. The problem of unemployment and the high cost of living has eaten into their resolve to be optimistic and hard working Kenyans; that they have resulted in a state of despair. The youth of this nation, who are the majority of our population have, indeed, instead of being the greatest asset, being almost 70 per cent of our population, turned into a menace because of the hopelessness that has set in. You have heard many of our youth turning to gangs like Mungiki, Sabaot Land Defence Forces (SLDF), Chinkororo and other illegal gangs. They have turned to crime because they have been to school; they have failed to secure any meaningful employment or a way to earn a living and put bread on the table. Recently, there was a very sad case recently when I heard of a young man in Nakuru who was arrested with bhang. That young man was called Mukabwa. When they asked that young man to give his defence, he told the magistrate that he had to smoke bhang because unless he did so, he would not be able to earn a living. Every day, that young man has to smoke some bhang and go and hit the stones very hard so that he could get a shilling per stone. You can imagine how many stones the young man would have to cut in a day to raise, at least, Kshs100."
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