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"content": "like plumbing and water works and things like that. The people who do big jobs that would warrant the collapse of buildings are people with Class 1 to Class 4 NCA certificates. They are not in this category. There was an issue of men, which I do not want to discuss. About experience, where will those young people ever get experience, if we do not give them something that they can start with slowly as they build their careers and continue getting experience? These days, young graduates are coming together as a pool to be able to start some small companies. One is an engineer, another an electrical engineer, a civil engineer, architects or accountants, and they come together to start something. That is where we will get the experience from. Alluding to what Hon. (Dr) Pukose has just indicated, those numbers will continue decreasing. Hon. (Dr) Pukose and I, as he had said, were in some committee before the polls, and Hon. (Dr) Pukose can remember very clearly. We had one of the departments within the energy sector, and the 30 per cent for special groups amounted to Ksh4 billion. You cannot believe that in one year in the process of our oversight responsibility and duties, that department could only spend up to around Ksh700 million for the special groups. What was the reason? Because very few youth companies came forth. That was last year. Few companies could go forth and tender because most had already given up. If you pay your registration in the first year, you do not get a job, second year, and you still do not get a job, at some point, you give up. The Vice-Chairman has indicated the reasons why they had come up with their decision. But I would also want to request him to rethink the Committee's decision and be able to think for the betterment… I would say Ksh5,000 is a little money that everybody should be able to raise. People are sleeping hungry. Those young people are not even getting money. A young man who has finished school, the mother and the siblings expect him to feed the family, and then you tell them to go and contribute around Ksh5,000… If it is three categories, it is Ksh15,000. It is not possible. I understand it might be abused, and I totally agree with allowing this Bill to go to the Committee of the whole House and maybe bring amendments, as Hon. KJ has indicated. Even if it is all about that, we can cushion or waive once they get a job, and then you can recover if it is all about the money we want. That way, and I can assure you because we will be with you here in the next few months, we will be able to see the rise of young people, women and people with disabilities going to request for that essential certificate, which is the requirement when you are doing that tender. Within no time, we will have addressed unemployment. If we address that through this process by around 20 per cent, that will be a massive step in the right direction for us to empower our young people. I do not want to repeat what other Members have said, but as Hon. Kawanjiku has indicated, when he was clearing, if you look at Optiven, you will see queues, hundreds or perhaps thousands of people queuing because they want money. A study was done on young people on how they want to get money, and it was any way that they can get money. As long they can get money, they will go for it. But we can give them an opportunity to earn a living on their own and gain experience for them. I was sharing a few stories, and Hon. KJ was telling me about one of the young people, a beneficiary of the same, who was assisted to start a small company. Not everybody succeeded, but the few who took off are now huge contractors, and they are still young boys and girls who are now encouraging the other younger people to go their way. They started when they were young, and now they are rising. That is what we want to see. We want to improve the lives of our youths, women, and people with disabilities. With that, I beg to reply. Thank you, Dr Pukose. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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