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    "id": 350718,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/350718/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kinoti",
    "speaker_title": "The Member for Buuri",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1322,
        "legal_name": "Boniface Gatobu Kinoti",
        "slug": "boniface-gatobu-kinoti"
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    "content": "Kenya, as well, has a problem and the problem is the youth. These are people like me out there who want to make a difference; people like me out there who want to be heard by this Government and be given an opportunity, and Buuri has started a revolution. Mine is to request this honourable House and the Government, not withstanding our party and tribal lines that we need to point out this very serious problem which is almost a national disaster. There are youth out there who have the potential but want to make a difference. We used to make a contribution towards changing this trend of unemployment. We have talked about giving the youth cheap money for too long. We have also talked about giving them money to start simple businesses for too long but now we must think big. We should not just give out loans to start simple business. We need to think big and start mega firms that will employ the people of Kenya in large numbers. We must set policies that will establish big firms. A town like Limuru is almost fully dependent on a firm like Bata. A City like Detroit is fully dependent on the Ford industry while a City like Munich is fully dependent on the Mercedes Benz. There are also many cities that are dependent on big industries. The examples are endless. We should set an example here in Kenya. We have seen what the mega firms have done for this country. That is the likes of Safaricom, Equity Bank, Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) and many others. We need to come up with policies that will establish firms that will employ youths as an affirmative action. These are mega companies that will, first, be sustainable and secondly, will be profit making. Those companies will also be well managed. Those"
}