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    "id": 1425552,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1425552/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "people have become professors, we have those with PhDs who went through gumbaru, and they are doing a wonderful job in our societies. I am using an example of the strike that you saw of doctors. About 90 per cent of the doctors that were on the street were Clinical Officers (Cos). Those who were demonstrating today are young people. We cannot employ everybody. Even we, as Members of Parliament (MPs), could not employ ourselves. We had to go to the people to seek employment. I hear MPs say why should you not generate employment, yet we could not hire or employ ourselves? We had to go and beg for employment through the vote to be employed by the people. We could not employ ourselves. What I am just saying is that wherever we are, let us encourage young people to seize the opportunities because they cannot be young forever. Even on this one, the registration fee does not exceed Kshs15,000. I do not think it is a lot of money. It is being fair to the hustlers. I know when they want to do start-up businesses, they can do it. It is something that we can remain focused on. Section 17 of the parent Act talks about the application for registration of the NCA certificate. Many young people shall be exempted from paying the prescription registration fee. So, I pray and wish one day this is what media will be giving as headlines, even in the national newspapers. Today the Parliament of Kenya, through the Senate, has proposed a law to ensure youth, PWDs, and women can register free of charge. I am praying for the day the media will run such stories as headlines, not talking about funny things that I do not want to mention on the Floor of the House. That is the prayer to our media. I know the media are doing their job. They are exposing the ills. However, I want to request them to run both positive and negatives. When such a law comes, I expect it to receive prominence as news so that young people can know we are doing something. Politicians and MPs are normally blasted for doing nothing about the common man. Here we are working. However, because we cannot go to the top of the mountain and use a trumpet to tell the world, the media should be assisting us, not to cover more negativity. I want to encourage the media, as they write other stories to indicate that Parliament has moved to ensure that youth, PWDs and women are exempted from paying prescription and registration fees. This is what we want for our country. This is for hustlers I am happy because the other issues of registration like technical qualifications and necessary experience in construction and application for registration remain the same. I know when it comes to the Committee of the Whole, we will look at the experience. We want young people who go to study engineering, for at least, one or two years--- That is what we did with the County Attorney Act. We ensured that we put in place an experience. This is because many young people do not have experience. Young people cannot get employment because they are being asked whether they have 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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