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    "id": 130656,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Sambili",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Hellen Jepkemoi Sambili",
        "slug": "hellen-sambili"
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank hon. Members for their very useful contributions. I want to assure them that we are going to incorporate the suggestions that they have given. I have taken notes of all the contributions from hon. Members. As the Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, I agree that it is important to increase the number of youth representatives from six to eight. That is on page 308. That way, each major region in this country will be represented. I agree with the hon. Member who suggested that there should be elections of those youth leaders, right from the locational level up to the provincial level. The youth know their needs. Besides the eight, we are going to look for youths with special needs. The eight should include, at least, three females. We will discuss to see whether the Council could co-opt other people with specific desirable talents. As has been said, we know the challenges that face our youth. We know the level of hopelessness that our youth are experiencing because there are no jobs. I am going to take into account what has been suggested here. We will allow bodies like NACADA, scouts and girl guides to be represented in the Council. Those organizations have very solid structures. They promote virtues like honesty, trustworthiness and others. We would like such virtues to be promoted. I agree that those bodies should be given an opportunity to bring their representatives to the Council or the Board. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the issue of membership is very essential. I am very conscious of the need for mentorship, maybe, because I have been a teacher. I know the problems that students have. When I was doing my post-graduate studies, I had an opportunity to interview the youth who had left school. I was looking at the employment related experiences of the young people of this country. That was ten years ago. One of the things that came out was that those who were mentored by businessmen"
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