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    "id": 1456492,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1456492/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Masinga, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joshua Mwalyo",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I stand to support the First Supplementary Estimates for the Financial Year 2024/2025 and air some grievances that this First Supplementary Estimates has created. In this First Supplementary Estimates, the cuts have removed the majority of the development funds in many sectors and also the ministries. By doing so, we are taking people out of business, hence creating unemployment. That is because if there are no development funds, it means that the contractors that had been given tenders and had done some works are going to have pending bills. Also, they are going to lay off most of the workers who have been employed or engaged in those contracts. Therefore, it is important to think out of the box and keep some money for development, instead of removing all the development funds because unemployment is going to take people to the streets. In the construction sector, the contractors normally engage with the Government because it is the biggest employer of all the contractors, and therefore, workers are going to be left without jobs because there is no allocation for development this year. The Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Co-operatives has reallocated funds from some areas to sectors that can generate employment, such as the EPZs, the Special Economic Zones (SEZs), Rivatex and the New Kenya Co-operatives Creameries (New KCC). Our goal was to create job opportunities for Kenyans, especially the Gen. Zs who are struggling with unemployment. We need to create employment for our young people on the streets."
}