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    "id": 373438,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Tobiko",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peris Pesi Tobiko",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the training of apprentices at our industrial training institutions is not really known to many Kenyans. So, hon. Wangamati must be very lucky to have had three of his children going through the institutions. It is not many Kenyans who have had such chance. The other day, I approached the East African Portland Cement Company to know how many apprentices have been enrolled for industrial training from my constituency. I was told that for the last three years, they have not been able to do so, because their industrial training institution had put in place very stringent measures on employers, in terms of contribution. Sometimes when employers train young people, they are not able to absorb all of them. So, people get the benefit of training, so that they can be absorbed elsewhere. When it becomes difficult for employers to absorb such people, it becomes not very profitable for the companies to continue training apprentices. Therefore, we should urge the Government to support the industrial training institutions to enable them continue training Kenyans at manageable costs. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also support the thinking of hon. Njomo. Really, industrial training should be diversified to include some entrepreneurial training for those young Kenyans who are ready to get involved in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) because, as every hon. Member has said here, the phase of people that is facing us in our constituencies is that of young, unemployed and needy Kenyans, who can be engaged very positively. We can harvest their energies, creativity and innovations. As the leadership of this country, we have not been able to give them opportunities. Capital should be provided for those who have been trained for them to start businesses. We have had a lot of initiatives from the Government, including the creation of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF) and the National Youth Council (NYC). However, all these initiatives have not been very coordinated. These efforts should be coordinated to ensure that they achieve their purpose, so that we can save young Kenyans from the problem of unemployment. I believe that if we do this, as a House, we will have helped Kenyans, who really need opportunities. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the youth who have been trained can be given 30 per cent of Government tenders, so that they do not feel that they are barely trying to survive. That way, we can also save them from what has been mentioned here by many hon. Members – idleness. Therefore, I really support the Motion and any action that will save our young people from unemployment."
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