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    "id": 1443108,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13162,
        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "I heard the President say that he wants to set up certain committees to go round the country to find out what the youth want. Why do you ask for a job when you do not know what the people who elected you want? Sometimes, we can propose a lot of things, and yet, the solutions lie in this Constitution. We have Article 55 of the Constitution, which talks about specific applications of rights with respect to youth. Instead of the President wasting taxpayers’ money with another BBI like circus, I invite him to read Article 55, which says- “The State shall take measures, including affirmative action programmes, to ensure that the youth— (a) access relevant education and training; (b) have opportunities to associate, be represented and participate in political, social, economic and other spheres of life; (c) access employment; and (d) are protected from harmful cultural practices and exploitation.” You do not need a committee to go round the country to come and tell you that because the framers of our Constitution already put it there. Mr. Speaker, Sir, what do the Gen Zs want? They want us to be faithful to this Constitution, especially on the Bill of Rights. The rights and fundamental freedoms in this Constitution which belong to each individual and are not granted by the state; and the responsibility of the state as far as the rights are concerned is to conserve, respect, protect, promote and fulfil the realization of those rights. Why do you have to set up committees and dialogue teams, and yet, the Constitution says that every Kenyan has got a right to life. That right to life is not abortion. Those boys who were felled by snipers outside this Parliament had their right to life violated. The young people want equality and freedom from discrimination that is an obligation of the state in this Constitution. It should not matter whether you are Cheruiyot or Kariuki for you to access jobs. The other day, I watched on television as the leadership of the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Services (KEPHIS) were talking about a new system they had launched. The first person to speak sounds like he comes from Meru. The second person to speak also sounded like he came from Meru. The third one too sounded like they came from Meru. The Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development is the former Senator for Meru. It should not matter where you come from. This is because I do not think that the expertise of plant health inspectorate services only resides in a certain part of the country. However, that has been duplicated in each and every Ministry. If you go to the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, perhaps everyone is Otieno, Onyango or Odongo. If you go to the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Public Works, everyone is Cheruiyot---"
}