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    "id": 1443321,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "In this House, we know that we are supposed to be the oversight authority of what is happening in the Ministries. All my colleagues, including Sen. methu, spoke about Ministries mishandling resources in this country. We know that even as we try to struggle as much as possible as a country, there is no way the Government can create adequate jobs for these young people. Decent and dignified livelihoods can only be created when we allow the private sector of this country to expand and grow. As a young person who has come to this Parliament, what is happening in this country is that we have got serious vested interest in Government and governance of this country. There is a conspiracy between the Executive and the Parliament of this country, such that, when budgets and Finance Bills are being done, leaders are conspiring so that they can to do business in the budget and backbone of this country. If there is any solution that is needed in this country, the first thing I expect the President to do is audit all the companies in the registrar of companies, so that we know the people who are doing business in this country that are making it impossible for young people in this country to do business. If that audit is done, you will see a clear path and well-crafted path for people in this country to create a country of state-made Kenyans versus self-made Kenyans, where state-made Kenyans are very deliberate about putting into budget money that does not even go to the private sector, that only enables people in politics and Government to accumulate wealth through dubious means and projects that have never been done in all the budgets that we are discussing. In the last Government, under the current President when he was the Deputy President, we saw the passing of the Government Advertisement Agency (GAA), which made the Government to be a player and not a regulator in the advertisement industry. Due to the height of technology and digital understanding, young people could get most jobs in the advertisement industry on digital marketing. However, the Government is running a lot of money that goes in the pocket of individuals in GAA deals to the extent that, if you look at the mainstream media and advertisement agencies in this country, they are collapsing. This is because GAA owes tons of money to people that have paid themselves, and it is not possible for young people to get those opportunities. If you look, for instance, the national media has fired 180 young people. The Directorate of Government Advertising Agency owes the Nation Media Group Kshs3 billion. If you look at The Standard Newspaper, young people have been nurtured to the extent that they can be elite digital advertisers. However, for the past seven months, they have not been paid even Kshs5,000. There are young people who interview us every day. We have Vybez Radio, Spice"
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