Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 238107,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/238107/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 253,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Olweny",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 122,
        "legal_name": "Patrick Ayiecho Olweny",
        "slug": "patrick-olweny"
    },
    "content": "May be it is Kenyan like you only, not everybody else. The YK `92 money was meant to abuse or misuse the youth for political reasons. The same was done to women using the MYWO and even the disabled. If such money was put in the hands of people who had skills, or was well managed, a few more Kenyans would be doing better today. So, we need a system where Kenyans are trained better on how to manage small business enterprises. We need a legal system which helps in having such money well managed, not simply misused by politicians. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, people go round collecting money in terms of Harambees and it ends up being misused for political reasons. This has happened since Kenyatta's time. So, we need a system which will help us in managing such funds, whether it is raised from the Treasury or other sources. That is what we are calling for. Today, this Government has proposed a youth fund. Everybody is asking, how is this money going to be administered? What is it going to be used for? Is it going to be another YK `92 money, now that we are approaching elections next year? Probably, this is what the Government has in mind, because even up to today, these millions of shillings that have been allocated to the youth, nobody knows how it is going to be spent. The Minister has not come out clean. We do not even have guidelines in the district offices on how that money will be administered, if it is meant to alleviate poverty. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have had some kind of informal training systems in this country. We have had youth polytechnic. We used to have a formal training through technical schools some time back. But these are basically technical training facilities. They do not train people on how to manage enterprises. That is why you find that even when some of the people trained in these facilities get money to do business, the businesses do not do well because they lack the capability to manage. We need a system in this country which trains Kenyans on that. With those remarks, I beg to support."
}