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    "id": 1376094,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Rural, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon David Mwalika",
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    "content": "is very high. There is also skills mismatch and lack of information in the labour market. Those are issues which we need to address so that people can get jobs. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I was looking at the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Report. I realised that between 2021 and 2023, Kenya received the lowest FDI. It received US$751 million, while Uganda received US$2.5 billion and Tanzania US$1.3 billion. Why is this happening? It is because most of the companies that are investing in Uganda and Tanzania are from Kenya. Those companies are moving from Kenya to other East African countries and are producing for our market through common external tariffs. We need to address those issues. We need to address our tax system to be friendly to investors so that they can invest here and our youth can get jobs. We also need to create centers in the counties to disseminate employment information so that people who cannot access newspapers and other channels of communication can access information. We should also invest in programmes and sectors which can create jobs so that our youth can get employment. Lastly, civil service needs to create a career path and progression. People should not claim that they cannot leave employment because of their expertise and that no one else can succeed them. Hon. Temporary Speaker, with those few remarks, I support."
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