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    "id": 193490,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Finance",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "(ii) A mango processing project in Malindi, Kerio Valley and Murang'a. (iii) Mini-leather processing in Garissa, Pokot, Migori and Bungoma. (iv) Honey processing in Eldama Ravine, Kajiado and within the Tana and Athi River Development Authority (TARDA) region. June 12, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1145 (v) Cashewnut and palm wine processing in Kwale and Malindi. (vi) Fruit processing within the Meru/Tharaka Nithi and also in Kendu Bay. (vii) Rehabilitation and upgrading of technology for a leather development centre in Nairobi to encourage creation of small and medium enterprises along the leather chains. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I expect the roll-out and commercialisation of those technologies to positively improve regional development and welfare of our people in areas across the whole country, starting from North Eastern, Nyanza, Rift Valley, Coast and the Western Provinces, among others. We will also expand the on-going training under the Enterprise Development Centre at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) to cover upcoming entrepreneurs from other parts of the country. I would also wish to urge the private sector to support research in areas of more significance for development in Kenya. This will help to supplement the public resources and increase the amount of resources dedicated to research as in the case in the developed countries. Turning now to the important issue of creating employment opportunities to empower our youth, I want to start by looking at the economic opportunities for the youth. The second broad theme of this Budget is expanding economic opportunities for our youth. The high rate of unemployment, particularly among the youth, remains the source of instability and is a great economic challenge which we must confront as a nation. We need, therefore, to intensify our collective efforts to increasing employment for the youth. Among the many initiatives to expand employment opportunities, we will introduce amendments to the Armed Forces Act to enable the youth trained at the National Youth Service to be absorbed in the armed forces."
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