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    "id": 416810,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyugi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Augostinho Neto Oyugi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. However, much I support these amendments, I have no intention of engaging in the quail egg business. I would like to support hon. Sakaja’s amendments which speak to the core issues of the youth in this country. They, of course, give effect to Article 55 of the Constitution which then implies that the Government is under obligation to give the youth of this country opportunity. So, this is a timely amendment that gives the necessary constitutional effect. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there are a couple of things that I would like to raise in this Bill. I think the amendment to Clause 10 speaks to the Cabinet Secretary prescribing preferences. This will be taking away some of the gains that we have made. Perhaps, that is the one we will be discussing with hon. Sakaja to see the best way to proceed. The Cabinet Secretary might find it, in his wisdom, to put in safeguards that will not give the youth the opportunity. So, it will amount to giving with one hand and taking away with the other hand. The third thing that I would like to speak about is the effect to what hon. Sakaja has written - that it is a limitation of Article 24 of the Constitution. I do not really think so. That is because the sort of limitations or fundamental rights that are envisaged under Article 24 are not the sort it seeks to do. My understanding of the law is that this is a positive right. So, what it is essentially doing is what is envisaged under Article 27(6) of the Constitution which is an affirmative action principle. I do not think that it falls within the limitations of Article 24 of the Constitution when you are doing that because----"
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