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    "id": 193375,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/193375/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ruteere",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 92,
        "legal_name": "Silas Muriuki Ruteere",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I had said that the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF) which was allocated Kshs500,000 per constituency is very little money considering that June 18, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1251 we have 210 constituencies in this Republic. The youth are such a large group in the population of this country looking for ways and means to get their livelihood. It is very important that the Minister increases the YEDF by a far much greater figure than what we are getting now so that the youth can access this money easily. The financial institutions to which this money is channelled should be such that the youth can access the money instead of keeping it in the banks. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when the NARC Government came to power in 2003, we saw street children in Nairobi being taken to the National Youth Service (NYS). Nairobi was cleared of street children. However, currently, it is as if that exercise was stopped. We have seen a resurgence of street children all over the major towns in Kenya. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you go to Nanyuki or Meru, it is the street boys who will greet you. They have filled the towns. At night, these street boys turn out to be criminals who follow people, knock them down and mug them. It is important that whatever Ministry was in charge of clearing our towns of street boys takes over from where it had left. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if there is no money in the Budget, the Minister for Finance should make sure that, that Ministry which did a very good job should be given adequate funds to clear our towns of street boys. That way, they can be given the necessary skills in order to earn their livelihood in the right manner. Tea and coffee industries are major employers. They are industries where many of us earn our living. Many of our children get fees from these industries. This is a very important economic sub-sector. It is important that the Minister for Finance empowers the farmers in the tea and coffee sub-sectors."
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