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    "id": 373433,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/373433/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dido",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Col (Rtd) Ali Rasso Dido",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. From the start, I want to say that Article 55 provides for access to relevant education and employment can almost be equated to the Bill of Rights. The youths of this country are entitled to everything under the sun that we can provide. I wish to also echo what the Members have said. About 70 per cent of our population is the youth. This is a big percentage, which is not part of the Kenyan economy. Unless we bring this big population to the centre, this country will not make enough wealth. We hear of “buy Kenya build Kenya”, but if we are not going to invest in the youth, that will also be a pipe dream. At Independence, this country invested heavily in technical schools and polytechnics to move forward. These in-house institutions have built today’s infrastructure and that is what we sit on today. But in the late 90s, Kenya did not invest equally in technical education and polytechnics. The few that existed were turned into colleges and universities. This has created a huge gap in terms of skilled manpower for this country. The Bill by hon. Njomo brings to light the gap that exists in Kenya in terms of skilled manpower that we require to build our roads, manufacture cars and be at the centre of engineering. In our Vision 2030, we are saying that Kenya should be a middle income country but also industrialized. If our youths are not equipped with the right skills; the high number of apprentices that are required to undertake the job, the Jubilee Manifesto and even Vision 2030 might not be actualized. Once funds are availed to our youths, we must guard against corruption. This is not new because there is an Act to deal with this. This was not actualized. When we talk about the Training Levy Fund, one must ask: Once those funds are available, where will they be channeled and what is the structure? Many of us in this august House still insist that the CDF structure that has been successful and effectively implemented must be used to identify and group the youths at the constituency level, so that those groups can"
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