Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 373033,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/373033/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 359,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Njomo",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1784,
        "legal_name": "Jude L. Kangethe Njomo",
        "slug": "jude-l-kangethe-njomo"
    },
    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, aware that the Industrial Training (Amendment) Act, 2007 provides for the submission of levy for each employee by the employer to the Industrial Training Levy Fund to facilitate the training of persons involved in the industry; concerned with the increasingly high number of apprentices engaging in drug and alcohol abuse after the programme due to lack of employment; noting further that the youth continue to have limited access to training and employment opportunities, this House urges the Government to enforce compliance with Article 55 of the Constitution and Vision 2030, in regard to the youth by expanding the structure of the Fund to include SMEs and setting up a Fund for the purposes of utilizing part of the Training Levy Fund to provide capital for the apprentices who have undergone instruction using the Training Levy to start businesses. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the economic growth of any country is dependent on the strength of its workforce. Our country is like a rally car rearing to go. Our rally car, model Vision 2030, as I can envision it, is driven His Excellency the President of this Republic Uhuru Kenyatta and navigated by his Deputy, His Excellency William Ruto. But that vehicle needs to be fuelled and the fuel of that car is the strength of our workforce. If we do not have a strong workforce, we will not be able to finish the race. The purpose of our race is to industrialize our country. That is how we shall win the race. This will result into economic growth, we will increase employment, and our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will go up. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, before the Nyayo Era, we only had one university of Nairobi and this is the university that was providing graduates for our country. If there is one thing we have to thank President Moi for, is his engagement and work on the education system of our Republic. It was during his time that the number of our universities increased. That is why, today, we have so many graduates in our country. That is why we have sharp decision makers in our country today and that is why we are able to move forward in our country. That is why things are being invented in our country, like the Mpesa service which was invented in this country. That is because people have received good education from our universities. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, that is the reason why even the Jubilee Government is able to come with a very good manifesto that will move this country to the desired level. That is because we have sharp minds and people who are well trained in our universities. That is why we are able to conceptualize and to look far much ahead and to see that our children need to have digital education and thus, we provide them with laptops in their schools so that they are able to learn. They will not be scared of technology later in their lives. We will have people who are well trained in the universities and they will be able to make decisions and see how the future will be."
}