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    "id": 1446702,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Starehe, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Maina",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Charles Kanyi Njagua",
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    "content": "the youth have always been disadvantaged in terms of being manipulated and not treated in the right way. I support my colleague who has come up with this Bill because it seeks to address some of those challenges. For example, if you look at the amount of exposure that these interns get at some of the work places, it is limited to being messengers. They are given light duties. They are not exposed enough to attain experience in the spheres that they work in. It is only fair that we appreciate that the world is moving in a very revolving way. The world is advancing and technology is changing every now and then. Most of these interns possess great knowledge, wisdom and ideas that can move this country forward. Moving forward, it is only right that we treat these interns in the right way and use their manpower to move this country forward. I support this Bill and ask the Mover to incorporate an element of making sure that once these interns finish their internship, they will be guaranteed to be absorbed in the companies that they are working in so that we address the issue of unemployment. You have seen the doctor interns – people who are highly educated – suffering in the streets of Nairobi, asking the Government of the day to absorb them and begging for a stipend that has been reduced from Ksh200,000 to a meagre Ksh30,000. That is a figure that is not favourable in the economic times that we are in. It is time that this House addresses most of the issues that have been raised by the youth and come up with more Bills that are progressive like this one. I support the Bill. Thank you."
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