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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "country. This Bill will seek to provide that where there is 100 per cent funding from the Government of Kenyan, it must be exclusive. Meaning that we cannot even consider foreigners where there is evidence that, that good or service can be provided by the people of this country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, a prescribed margin of preference may be given to candidates offering manufactured, mined, extracted and goods grown in Kenya. Also, we will expect the Cabinet Secretary to ensure that any part of the administrative process that serves as an impediment to the young people is removed. We must be digital. If we want all young people to come to Nairobi to register so that they can get these procurement opportunities, that actually serves as an impediment to the young people who are coming from Turkana, Mombasa or wherever else. They must be able to do it anywhere in this country. They must be able to register at their county headquarters and Constituencies Development Fund offices. They must register their businesses and they must be able to show that, indeed, they are young people. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, at some point it might also be necessary for this House to think through the Public Finance Management (PFM) laws to see how we can provide for certain level of pre-payment for youth owned businesses once they win these contracts. This is because that also serves as an impediment. Sometimes young people can win contract to supply goods and services worth Kshs100 million, but they do not have money at that point. Sometimes banks might be averse to loaning the youth. This Government must task the youth enough to provide pre-payment, at least, 20 to 30 per cent in some of these services and goods being provided. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it will be important for us going forward to think of how we can assist the young. I am very confident that these provisions can actually work. We need to think of how the Government can sensitize the private sector to replicate these provisions within their supplies of goods and services. I would like to state at this point that I know certain issues might come up, especially because this Bill is speaking strictly about young people. I have heard the plea by a lot of hon. Members that indeed, we must amend it at some point in the Third Reading to include women at the county level and at the national level. I am open to that; at that stage we should be able to do it. We should also be able to ensure that monitoring is done. Sometimes many young people might not be able to compete with women of a certain level or women of a certain level may also not be able to compete effectively with the youth of a certain level. For example, if hon. Ochieng who is an endowed young person is competing with women who might be 40 or 50 years from a village, it might not be a fair level playing field. That is why you need to have serious monitoring and evaluation. I have heard hon. Ng’ongo saying that I should not compete with women in the rural areas. We must ensure that these Bills that we pass really make it easier for the intended recipients or beneficiaries of these provisions. I would really want to urge hon. Members--- Young people of this country are watching and would want to see who will stand for them. Please stand with the young people of Kenya because they are our last frontier of hope. They are the trustees of our posterity. I would also like to encourage this House to support the work of the Young Parliamentarians Association because the challenges are real. I know we are going to be launching our strategic plan soon and soon I will be asking the Secretary to second this but really this is a caucus that has severe The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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