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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 199,
        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "If you look at the Jubilee Manifesto, one of the pledges is that they will create one million jobs a year. I think when this law is passed; it is going to help it achieve that pledge. Through stimulating the economy by bringing this affirmative action to the youth, several jobs are going to be available through the economic pillar of Vision 2030. Therefore, I think this is a well and timely amendment and it should have been done long time ago. Hon. Deputy Speaker, my other observation is that in the interpretation where the name “youth” is defined, it says “youth” means a person who has attained the age of 18 years and has not attained the age of 35 years. I think the universal accepted definition of “youth” is 18 to 35 years. If you have not attained the age of 35 years, it is making it to a maximum of 34 years. I think this needs correction to include those aged 35 years. With respect to the kind of jobs or contracts being envisaged here, we should make it easy for our youth to do Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) projects in terms of contracts, even county contracts and other contracts. I want to say that the Uwezo Fund together with these proposed amendments is a deliberate move to stimulate the economy, the way it was done in 2009/2010 when there was the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP). You can see the impact in every constituency, there is one centre of excellence in schools and health centres. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would want to plead with the hon. Members in the Budget and Appropriations Committee of this House that this time as we do our Supplementary Budget, we remember to complete all the stalled projects under ESP. Money needs to be appropriated for that. I want to say that this is going to be better than what has been done before. We have previously tried Kazi kwa Vijana and the Youth Enterprise Development Fund. Under Kazi kwa Vijana our youth were given small jobs of bush clearing and other causal jobs. As I said, these are trained, skilled and educated youth of our country. This Bill will deliberately set aside a certain percentage of the contracts in all Government offices for the youth and it is going to achieve a big milestone, unlike the Kazi kwaVijana and the Youth Enterprise Development Fund. Therefore, I want to say that I support it and urge the responsible Ministries to ensure that there is total implementation. I beg to support."
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