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    "id": 1439959,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marakwet West, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Timothy Kipchumba",
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    "content": "Subsequently, the provision provides that Section 186(f) be deleted. Section 186(f) says that the court shall not make an adoption order in favour of an applicant or joint applicants if the applicant or joint applicants or any of them is a foreign applicant, except where the applicant is a biological relative of the child. We are opening up adoption to foreigners. This must be with exemptions. If we open up adoption for foreigners to our children, then it must be with moderation. We must look further. If, in the unlikely event we adopt this amendment and allow foreigners to adopt our children, then we must set up exceptions to that. As we speak, there are no exceptions to foreigners adopting our young children. So, I oppose those two provisions but there are others that I support. There is a provision to amend the National Youth Employment Act by deleting the word “youth.” I support this amendment because the said law should not only be in respect to the youth. Unemployment in Kenya is something we need to address. The wisdom behind that law was to address the issue of youth unemployment. However, this country is churning out many graduates from universities, some of whom do not get jobs even after the age of 35 years, which is outside the youth bracket. I support the amendment to the effect that the title be amended by deleting the word ‘youth’ to become the National Employment Act. This will ensure that it does not confine itself to the youth. Some Kenyans are aged 38, 40, 45 or 50 but have not been employed. If this Act only applies to the unemployed youth, it is discriminatory against those above 35 years. This law would not only apply to them. I, therefore, support the amendment to the extent that the word ‘youth’ is deleted to become the National Employment Authority. I rise to express my mind on this particular Bill to the extent that we will have opportunity to express our reservations during the Committee stage."
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