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    "id": 1443351,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mbugua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mary Njoki G Mbugua",
        "slug": "mary-njoki-g-mbugua"
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    "content": "What the young people are telling us is that these things must change. Gen Z has said it clearly that they do not want many stories. They want action. As such, I will attempt to bring three action points, which I think would help alleviate the problems of young people. Articles 54 and 55 of the Constitution address the issues of young people and the Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) of this country. In an attempt to actualise these Articles, Parliament, in its wisdom, enacted the Access to Government Procurement Act of 2015. As a law, it was decided that 30 per cent of all Government procurement would go to the marginalised groups, which are the youth, women and PwDs. We all know what has happened because we live in this country. This law has never been actualised as it was intended. Just to give you an example, we operate a budget of about Kshs3 trillion. If we assume 30 per cent of that goes to development, it means we have about Kshs1 trillion which goes to the purchase of goods and services. If this law were to be followed to the letter, about Kshs300 billion would go to these marginalised groups. Sen. Korir has talked about the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA). These are the people who are supposed to make sure that this Act is adhered to. It is important, as an action point that we call these people here and they tell us what is wrong. Why have they been unable to actualise this, so that the young people of this country, the PwDs and the women benefit as Parliament of this country intended to? In addition, as an action point, I would urge the Government and this House to prioritise in the first quarter of the new finance budget cycle, that procurement of Government goes to the youth and the other marginalised groups. When these young people were demonstrating coming to Parliament, you could see the anger and the determination. Then I pondered and asked, what is this, which has made these people very angry? I thought, probably among this young generation, there are people whose 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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