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    "id": 1433931,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiambaa, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Njuguna Kawanjiku",
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    "content": "The amendment to the National Employment Authority (NEA) is equally important. I support what other Members have said, especially on promoting our young people to get employment. We have too many young people who have manual courses from TVETs, polytechnics or through apprenticeship. Sometimes we employ them as casual labourers and with time, they gain experience and become good masons, carpenters and tailors. The NEA should consider these people. It should standardize the employment process in Kenya. The President has signed several bilateral agreements, and will sign others on labour migration soon. We support labour export. The NEA should rise to the occasion and support as many people as possible. They should also foster relationships with other countries that are willing to import labour from us. Some countries have really benefited from labour exports. For example, the main foreign exchange earner in the Philippines is labour export. We have very hardworking young Kenyans without jobs in the country. We must look for a way to promote them and support them. We call upon the Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection to look into more bilateral agreements. We have seen the Ministry advertising nursing jobs in the UK and Saudi Arabia. We need proper agreements going forward because we do not want our people to be mistreated in foreign countries. Therefore, this amendment ensures that those who import and export labour are licenced and known. They should also take responsibility for the labour we export. This area can benefit us, as a country, but we need to put a lot of input. I support the Miscellaneous (Amendment) Bill so that we empower the NEA to export as much labour as possible. We acknowledge that we have a shortage of jobs within the Republic and we must think outside the box to secure employment opportunities for our people."
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