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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "content": "women and PWDs does not go to the disabled and young women. They go to people calling themselves senior youth. I hope Sen. Crystal Asige will speak about this. We find somebody running a youth company, but they are 60 or 70 years old. I think this amendment would have come at a better time. We do not want to give young people fish, but let us teach them how to fish. If today young people of Kenya take up this challenge and register companies and competitively get their awards of 30 per cent as per the AGPO, there would be fewer or no young people to be misused and abused in this country by selfish politicians. Whenever you go to rallies or mandamanos, the youth are the majority. I challenge the youth in this city and many other towns to register construction companies. There is what we call aluta where you disappear for three days. That is what is happening to the young people. They disappear over the weekend; they go clubbing and kupigasherehe . They should know their future waits for them. The only way they can do this is to register companies. That is why I want to challenge the Committee of Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations or even the County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC) where I sit, to do an audit to know how much of that 30 per cent of the budget go to the youth, women and PWDs. How many young people's companies have been awarded tenders in Meru, Nairobi, Nandi, Mombasa, Wajir, Garissa, Lamu and across the country. As we do the law, let it not be a law on paper, it should have value to many young people across the country. We even processed the Start-up Bill in this country which proposed giving young people tax holidays and tax exemptions to encourage them to build on their businesses going into the future. You are aware that 60 per cent of the population of Kenya are youths. So, let us be fair. We do not have the white-collar jobs across the country that we can give to young people. Many young people are going through universities and graduating with diplomas and degrees. You heard about JSS. There are 46,000 JSS interns in the country. I can tell you even in Meru they are there. I know you have received an SMS from JSS. I have not been having peace. I have been receiving messages, WhatsApp calls, WhatsApp messages, Facebook updates Facebook inboxes, Instagram and TikTok, from the JSS interns, asking what Parliament is doing to ensure they are employed on Permanent and Pensionable terms. I can bet that those 46,000 interns are young people. You saw the doctors’ strike the other day. Most of those intern doctors are young people. You heard Sen. (Dr.) Bonnie Khalwale saying I went through gumbaru and it is in HANSARD. I shall be applying for it to be expunged. However, the Speaker of the day did not challenge him regarding responsibility for facts as set out in Standing Order No.105. I do not have a problem. I might have gotten the grades that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale talked about, but he should know we are many. If he meant it in bad faith that people who do not go to school are many, then I am happily part of that generation. The point I am making is that there are many interns and going to gumbaru is not a problem. Many The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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