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    "id": 557208,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Let me start by saying that this Bill is long overdue. As a country, we must agree that the biggest challenge we face is unemployment. The youth are highly affected by unemployment in this country. Youth unemployment is not even a Kenyan issue. It is a global issue. It is an issue that needs to be addressed in a very affirmative manner so as to protect ourselves as a society. If we do not care and do not take interest in the welfare of the youth, then we stand the risk of losing the society and losing our country. The youth have energy. They are very strong. A lot of them are just coming out of school and are very knowledgeable. If you combine strength with knowledge and add idleness, then you know the direction that the country is likely to take. Going into 2013 general elections, both our political coalitions had very solid ideas on how to create employment and absorb the youth who leave colleges every year. A lot of them leave colleges every year. The statistics are really mind boggling. Two-and-a-half years into the Jubilee Administration, it is really reassuring to see that the Jubilee Administration, through the Chair of TNA is now taking serious interest in coming up with a legislation to help our youth get assisted in getting employment. I am happy with this Bill in the sense that it is creating an authority; the National Youth Employment Authority. That is commendable. I know, Hon. Sakaja, some people have told you that we have too many parastatals and that we should not create any more parastatals, far from it. What they should be telling you is why we should not dissolve the parastatals that are not creating value in this country and come up with parastatals that are of value. One of them is this parastatal that we are just about to create. It does not disturb me that we are creating another State corporation. This is going to deal with a very large section of the membership of this society; the youth. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you rightly pointed out that even if this Bill was strategic in the sense that it is only targeting the youth, that will still be very good because the youth have been marginalized and disadvantaged over the years in terms of employment creation. Any affirmative method, and that is already spelt out in our Constitution in Article 55 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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