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    "id": 239590,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/239590/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Kuti",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Youth Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohammed Abdi Kuti",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The number of youth polytechnics registered in Kenya is 750. They are categorised as follows:- (i) There are 562 community-based youth polytechnics. Out of those, 375 polytechnics receive Government salary top-up support. (ii) There are 128 privately owned polytechnics. (iii) There are about 60 church sponsored village polytechnics. That totals to 750. That number keeps on fluctuating because some existing youth polytechnics close down while new ones are re-opened. But, on average, that is the number we have at the moment. (b) The common trades being offered at youth polytechnics include: Motor-vehicle mechanics, carpentry and joinery, masonry, tailoring and dress-making, welding, fabrication and metal work. The trades are tested and certified at the level of Government trade test grade III. (c) I am aware that the state of most youth polytechnics in the country is poor to the point that, a number of them have collapsed, or are at the point of collapsing. However, the Government is taking significant measures to reverse the trend and make those institutions centres of excellence. The Government established my Ministry to be fully in charge of those youth polytechnics and also the National Youth Service (NYS). We are supposed to implement the proposed national youth policy to comprehensively address the problems that our youths are facing."
}