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    "id": 416835,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Korir",
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        "legal_name": "Wesley Kipchumba Korir",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute. I rise to support my dear friend, hon. Sakaja, for bringing these good amendments. The last two days have been good for this country. They are days that will be remembered for a long time because the important part of our population has been remembered - and that is the youth. I think after five years, the youth should never complain any more. They should not have a reason to say that there is no employment or there are no jobs in this country. As a country, we need to move from the idea of white collar jobs and shift to self- employment. What we have done in the last two days is to give a chance to the youth to empower themselves and be self-sufficient. If the two are incorporated - the Uwezo Fund that provides capital for the youth and the chance for them to go further and get the tenders to work and be able to use the capital from the Uwezo Fund – it will be very encouraging. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as we move forward as a House, there are two things we need to look into deeply. The Public Procurement Act needs to be given an overall review. I think the Constitution clearly says that by August, 2014, we need to have looked at the Public Procurement Act and changed a lot of things. Another thing that we need to look at clearly is the Companies Act so that we make sure; first of all, we devolve the issue of registration of companies. We want to give the youth an opportunity to stay in the counties and work there. If we do not look at that, we will have many youths moving from the countryside to Nairobi to register and look for jobs here. We should tell the youth that jobs are available at home. We should give them an opportunity to stay at home and take up those jobs that are available there. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there are two things that we hon. Members can help our youth after this. First of all, we should use the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) to make sure that every opportunity that we have goes to the youth. Another opportunity is by using Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA). I was looking at the KERRA list and there are few companies of old people that have benefited for the last many years. It is now time hon. Members changed that and started empowering and giving the youth opportunities to know that there are jobs available at KERRA. That way, they can construct roads and benefit from those opportunities. Thank you."
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