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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kinoti",
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        "legal_name": "Boniface Gatobu Kinoti",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill from the bottom of my heart and to congratulate the Mover for the noble move aimed at giving these opportunities to the young people. I wish to note in a very special way the amendment to the principal act, that is, Section 25. It reminds us that these are not just the things that we have known used to be given, that is, supply of snacks and other simple material. The principal act is being amended so that the works that will be set at 30 per cent will include the renovation of public entity buildings, construction of roads and other heavy works. It is worth noting that even countries that have gone ahead of us started the same way, whereby we have to buy the resources of this nation to favour a section of our population that has the biggest multiplier effect on our economy. We need to look at countries like Taiwan and others. They used to accumulate capital and then direct it towards industries that would boost the economy. The same applied in the USA in the new deal. So, this is a move towards favouring 54 per cent of the population of this country. It is a good step in line with what we passed yesterday, the Uwezo Fund. We can give the young people and the disadvantaged of this society the capital, but if they do not know where to direct it then it will be just money that will end up being recovered by auctioneers. However, if we give them the capital and the opportunities to utilize that capital then that will be the best thing that we can issue to them. Hon. Deputy Speaker, apart from the 54 per cent of the Kenyan population that we seek to advance through this Bill, there is another about 25 per cent of young people between the ages of one year and 18 years that have nothing to look forward to. There are no opportunities created for them when they attain the age of 18 years. I am talking about Form Four leavers who have no reason to smile when they walk out of the classroom after sitting the KCSE. However, they now have opportunities other than the white collar jobs, they have blue collar opportunities. I would like to urge my dear colleagues that this should roll down to our constituencies and county units. We have furniture to procure in our offices; we have roads to build through the Constituency Road Committees; and we also have projects to support through the CDF. We must, therefore, consider the young people and the disadvantaged sections of this society. I strongly support the Public Procurement and Disposal (Amendment) Bill, 2013."
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