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    "id": 557186,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1889,
        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "“The State shall take measures, including affirmative action programmes, to ensure that the youth- (c) access employment” Again, when you go to Article 56(c) of the Constitution, it clearly puts measures in place and says that:- “The State shall put in place affirmative action programmes designed to ensure that minorities and the marginalised groups- (c) are provided special opportunities for access to employment.” The youth belong to the marginalised. If you look at the advertisements in the newspapers, they say that they want a person with certain qualifications and experience of five to ten years. Where will a youth get experience of five years from? That is very discriminative. We must put measures in place, so that the youth can access job opportunities. If you look at this House, how many youths are here? The Constitution is very clear on who is a youth. This is a person who is less than 35 years of age. I have seen many people who are 50 years old saying that they are youth. You could be a young person, but not a youth. It is, indeed, important that when these measures are put in place, they are followed. Many people have talked about boards and why we are creating many parastatals. Everything has to be put in place based on a cost-benefit analysis. When you do projects, there are models of evaluation. We can have as many parastatals as possible as long as they are justified and will add value. We have many other parastatals which do not add value and cannot sustain themselves. Of course, it makes sense for those parastatals to be integrated into others. An Authority like this one being in place to look at the issues of the youth--- When you do a proper cost-benefit analysis, you will realise that its benefits by far outweigh the cost. I humbly request Members in this House to look at this Bill objectively. When I look at the mood of the House, I have no doubt that this Bill is going to pass. It should pass like The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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