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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nyamu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will start by giving my respects to the young souls who lost their lives during the recent protests witnessed in the country. As a mother, it hurts to my stomach to lose our children in that manner. I send my condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones. I say that it is not in vain. As a Senate, we are here reflecting and debating on the actions due to the contributions of your children. I also thank the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Hon. Nakhumicha for waiving the hospital bills of the young people who got injured and the President as well for committing to take up the funeral expenses and compensating the families. The silence of the Police IG is also concerning. We are yet to get a comment from him on the last two weeks’ happenings in the country where we witnessed unprecedented actions by our young people. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the country is experiencing a youth bulge. Seventy-five percent of our population are people below the age of 35 years. That is not a bad thing because it means that we have a large workforce and if it is put into use, it can give us great dividends from the economy. When His Excellency, (Dr.) William Samoei Ruto took oath office as the President of Kenya, we have seen deliberate efforts that are aimed at utilizing that youth bulge. The Affordable Housing Project currently employs between 140,000 to 200,000 young people. You can see that he had thought about the large number of the youth. There is another programme of “ Finya Komputa Utoe Dollar” that has been made fun of in this country. It is a programme that if utilized well and taken up by our young people, it can end up turning them into taxpayers and enable them make use of their skills. Every year, we are churning out between 600,000 and 700,000 young people from our universities, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVETs) and high 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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