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    "id": 416635,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/416635/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. G. W. Omondi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Washinton Mallan Omondi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I had completed talking about the economic empowerment this amendment will bring to the youth. I want to have a look at what it means to the status of the youth regarding their idleness, which makes them engage in crime. This amendment will give the youth alternatives of what to do because currently they are being lured into various crimes. For example, you know what happened in Mombasa the other day. We have not gone into the details and identified why they are being easily lured into crime. Part of the reason is lack of something to do. Being offered 30 per cent of our procurement business in central Government and counties will give them alternatives and somehow arrest the situation. This amendment will most likely check the poverty that is actually very high amongst our youth, almost at 70 per cent. The influx of people from the rural to urban areas, which is creating a lot of problems, will reduce. The youth will remain in the rural areas, because they will have something to do and will not rush to the cities as they are currently doing. Finally, it will help the Government policy in trying to arrest the rural- urban migration. Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker."
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