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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Otuoma",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Nyongesa Otuoma",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said, through this Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TIVET) Programme, we are in the process of reviving polytechnics. Some were called village polytechnics and we have taken them up. We have also developed a curriculum with the National Education Council - if I am not mistaken. So far, we have taken over 500 youth polytechnics. We have ensured that they are spread out in every constituency. As I speak now, we are in the process of gazetting more youth polytechnics. I have been telling Members to liaise, in their constituencies, with the Youth Development Officers, to ensure that, at least, two or three youth polytechnics can be gazetted and put under that programme. However, so far, the numbers we have registered are slightly over 500 youth polytechnics. The number of youths whom we have put under that programme is around 75,000. We are already subsidizing them at a cost of Kshs15,000 per youth. We are also giving equipment. So far, we have given over 100 youth polytechnics equipment to help them do that. You are also aware that we are recruiting instructors and this year alone, we recruited 2,000 instructors on contractual basis. We will be sending them out to youth polytechnics. I am sure that this year, we will also be recruiting more instructors to help in reviving some of those youth polytechnics. We will also be giving more equipment to some of the already gazetted youth polytechnics. We are also working with development partners like African Development Bank (ADB). We announced the other day where we will be upgrading more polytechnics through the ADB Loan. I think that was also advertized in the newspapers to show the areas that will benefit from the programme. We will be taking more areas as time progresses."
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