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    "id": 15268,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/15268/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mudavadi",
    "speaker_title": "The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 84,
        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi",
        "slug": "musalia-mudavadi"
    },
    "content": "the adult age at about 21 per cent. About 38 per cent of our youth are neither in school nor at work. Our economy is not creating jobs fast enough to match the number of entrants to the labour market. The Government has been seriously concerned about youth unemployment. To this end, the Government has been undertaking various interventions to empower the youth through training and entrepreneurship. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF) is another example. To create more opportunities for our youth, the Government is working with our development partners on various initiatives. The USAID has committed US$45 million to empower Kenyan youths through employment and entrepreneurship. The DFID is preparing a project to assist with youth employment. The UNDP and Italian Corporation are supporting capacity building at the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and Japan is also supporting a youth empowerment project. There is need for the Government to work together with the private sector on incentives package for corporations to support youth employment, youth entrepreneurship and youth employability. Both the Government and the private sector should dedicate at least 30 per cent of their procurement to youth enterprises. The wages payable to the youth under Kazi Kwa Vijana II (KKV II) are regulated by minimum wage guidelines issued by the Ministry of Labour. The assets and social benefits created under the KKV Programme such as expanded forest cover, water supply and sanitation facilities, small scale irrigation and job scales are for the long-term. By providing 16,000 youths with life skills and another 40,000 full time employment, KKV II will generate more long-term impact. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in order to assist the House, I wish to table the following documents:- (i)Project appraisal document prepared by the World Bank for KKV II. (ii) KKV II Operations Manuals Volumes I and II. (iii) KKV I Operations Manual. (iv) The credit agreement between Kenya and the World Bank."
}