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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. First of all, I take this opportunity to congratulate our Cabinet Secretary for the new appointment. Many do not know that during his time in the former Ministry, he contributed to help rally people to support the cause of period poverty and I appreciate that. I have a follow up question in terms of commercialisation of NYS. It is for purposes of clarity because it is a question that has already been asked. Is there a policy that gives a certain percentage to NYS priority in terms of national projects? You have told us that NYS is being called upon by different entities of Government. Is there an actual policy that states a certain percentage, just the same way we have Access to Government Procurement Opportunities (AGPO) ring-fencing 30 per cent to a certain constituency of enterprises? The Kenya Kwanza Government promised to deliver certain things such as 100 dams. If you look at the cost of using NYS against the cost of outsourcing the services from other commercial entities, we actually save a lot. Kindly highlight if there is a policy for that. As the NYS is being commercialised, I suppose that the idea is to make it one of the biggest employers. That way, we can deal with the crisis of youth unemployment. If that is the case, is there a policy or some structure in terms of growth within NYS? In the last opportunity that came about, I was calling upon the youth and asking them to join NYS. However, there seems to be some negative form that NYS does not pay well or"
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