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    "speaker_name": "June 12, 2013 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 42 Hon. (Ms.) Sunjeev",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also wish to thank the Mover of this Motion, hon. Zuleikha Juma, who has done a good job in bringing this Motion at the right time. As we all know, at this point in time, we are all being watched on television screens. So, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the youths who have stood by my fellow Members of Parliament. Our hearts go out to them because they really try very hard. I would like to bring some statistics before this House. Youths aged 15 to 24 years are highly infected with HIV/AIDS. How do they get it? This is a question that we need to be asking ourselves. Those are the issues that we need to be sorting out at this point in time. As much as I am commending and backing what each and every Member in this House has said, I would also like to urge the Government to be pro-active because our youths are pro-active. They are our real supporters. I was on the ground in Makadara and I met youths who are doing small things, in whatever they could, for the communities in the slums. There are very many people who have the means of helping the people, but they have never done it. My heart goes out to those youths who want to do so much and yet they cannot. This Motion is very timely because it is going to provide them with funds to start businesses. I was also part of a programme where we were teaching the youths how to write CVs, so that we could open doors for them to apply for jobs with dignity. I wanted them to stop standing outside gates and waiting for the human resource managers to come out and then they flag their CVs. That is something that we also need to consider. Perhaps, when the National Youth Council gets those funds, it might want to look into such programmes. Lastly, recently, I was at a school in Mukuru and the students there asked the right questions. They are intelligent people and we should give them the dignity that they deserve. I fully support this Motion."
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