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    "speaker_name": "July 16, 2013 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 31 Hon. (Ms.) Ghati",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support and congratulate the Member for moving this Motion. For a long time, the young people in this country have been given a raw deal when it comes to training, employment and other opportunities. This is a very critical Fund. I represent Migori County and every time I travel there, I pass through six counties. Along the way, the face of despair and unemployment is the face of the young person. It is high time the Government invested very heavily in terms of training. We need to have mechanisms of employing our young people. Every time institutions and companies think of people who can work for them for free, they think about interns from universities, polytechnics and colleges. We are giving the young people a raw deal. About 70 per cent of the unemployed in this country are the young people yet the population of the young people is 70 per cent. I feel that we are not doing much. Our youth polytechnics in this country are ill equipped and are not competitive to ensure that the youths who do not make it to formal institutions of higher learning can access the relevant training that is found in these polytechnics. Therefore, we need to come up with an affirmative action for the young people and set aside seed capital to support them in terms of going back to their communities and start businesses. We need to train them in financial literacy. Entrepreneurship is very important for our young people. With those few remarks, I support this Motion."
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