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    "id": 245436,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/245436/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. J. Nyagah",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Nthiga Nyagah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I stand to support this Motion. I wish to thank the Minister for Finance for the Budget that he presented for this year. Let me just mention a few of the items that I think deserve some praise, and those that he could have improved, and where attention is required. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Minister because having recognised that the bulk of the Kenyan population consists of the young, it was important to allocate some funds for the youth. It was a bright idea to come up with the Youth Fund of about Kshs1 billion that will be used to help the Kenyan youth. For a long time, we have told the youth that they are the leaders of tomorrow. Over 63 per cent of Kenyans are the youth and they are demanding that they be accommodated in the leadership of this country. They accept, I am sure, that formal employment will be difficult to come by. Therefore, any programme that gives the youth a chance, such as the Youth Fund that has been created, is a welcome move. We have been told that in addition to the Kshs1 billion set aside for the Youth Fund, there will be efforts to raise more funds from the donor community and companies in Kenya so that the Fund will be bigger than the Kshs1 billion that the Kenyan Government will be putting in. This is something that should be encouraged. If we do that, we will be in a position to give the youth loans and various packages so that they are in a position to develop both the informal and formal sectors. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the process of setting up that Fund or any programmes that involve the youth, it is important to include young people in the committees, even if they are from our universities and other institutions---"
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