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    "id": 1341372,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Soy, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Kiplagat",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to this Bill. I also thank Hon. Gikaria for such a wonderful amendment to the Act and support for our youths. We know very well that we have come a long way in assisting the less fortunate within the business circles so they can also do business and grow until they become billionaires in Kenya. We have very successful ventures that emanated at the bottom until they became magnates, just like the Bill Gates of this world. I support this Bill and urge our institutions to support the youth in ensuring they access the tenders that are marked for the youth, people with disabilities and women. One obvious thing is that Kenyans are either very smart or cunning. All of us live in this country. Some opportunities have been preserved for the disadvantaged groups - 30 per cent component. You will find that the same businessman over 60 years of age has a company for women, youth and people with disabilities, and another one for any other disadvantaged group, although he is able. Regarding the requirements of the NCA, you will find that they have NCA 1, NCA 2 to NCA 8. As we look at this amendment, it is important to be cognisant of those cartels that have taken this country hostage in all the departments and corners to the extent that the 30 per cent component that is meant for the youth, women and people with disabilities is no longer tenable. Without loading so much on Hon. Gikaria's Bill, we can look at it in future to ensure that if a certain tender has been preserved for the youth, there is a mechanism to establish that the company and people in the CR12 are youths. Kenyans are very smart. Their smartness corrupts the whole process. I support this Bill, which has come at the right time to give our youths the chance to access those jobs in our Government. We also need to make sure that people given the task regulate the entire process because there is a need to remove cartels that have taken over those tenders that are meant for those groups. With those few remarks, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support the amendment. Thank you."
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