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    "id": 1493127,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiambaa, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Njuguna Kawanjiku",
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    "content": " If the community is big, we expect them to have a larger share of the employment opportunities in the national cake because of their population. I concur with the Chairman in making sure that a certain percentage of our young people get employed by the Public Service Commission. Sometimes, it becomes difficult for them to get jobs. They are told that for them to get certain positions, they need to have an experience of ten to 15 years. How can a young person have an experience of 15 years? Are we expecting them to perform better? We must conquer and make sure that we come up with better laws as the Chairman has said, in order for us to create those opportunities deliberately. This will ensure that there are equal number of positions for women and young people when they are getting employment opportunities. We also need to put to task the Public Service Commission so that they can be producing annual reports of how many jobs have been created for the young people and women. They also need to put a capping in terms of employment of the old people. At times, it seems like we are moving backwards instead of going forward. Someone who is 65 or 70 years is the same one who is getting appointed as a board chairman of a certain parastatal and yet, we have young, energetic and able Kenyans. We must be deliberate to create employment opportunities for our young people. As we move forward, I will propose to the Chairman that next time, although I cannot remember the related Article, there is a certain percentage of employment that is meant for the local people. It may not be 70, but about 30 per cent. In counties like Kiambu, Nairobi or probably a company that is based in Coast Province, 30 per cent of the employment opportunities should go to the local people. They have provided infrastructure and an area for the company to operate on. Therefore, asking for 30 per cent and making sure that they get it is not much. Even if we want to be national, we must also protect the local interests. Politics is all about local interests. Therefore, if you are not able to take care of your local interests, getting an opportunity to even come to the National Assembly would be a disaster. We must protect the local interests and ensure that, as we bring people from other regions to come and work in a certain place, for example, Kibabii University or Coastal Water Development, there is a certain percentage for the local people. There is no way you will get someone from Kiambu County to go and start working as a sweeper or a secretary there. There are jobs that are meant for the local people. The only thing we need to define is the 30 per cent that is meant for the local people. Is it in terms of the top management, middle management or the subordinate staff? We must create that content. The Chairman should go back and do due diligence of that Report in order to have proper representation of it. When they tell us one community is holding 17 per cent or that it should not hold 1.7 per cent of the total employment, they should also tell us the percentage of that population in our Republic. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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