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    "id": 557237,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "I am happy that there are some efforts with the National Youth Service (NYS); I think Hon. Sakaja, being in Jubilee Alliance, will be quite happy that I am acknowledging that; the effort to equip the youths with skills from the NYS are commendable. However, more needs to be done. Therefore, the creation of this Authority to facilitate and monitor all the initiatives and access to information by the youth are important. I like the proposed Authority because its membership will include all the people who are appropriate. It will include all the Ministries that are relevant to the youth. It will also include the youth. I think the position of the Director-General should be preserved for the youth. That amendment should be made because then he or she will be dealing with a problem that he or she understands very well. Then there is the issue of this database and how to disseminate information. As the Mover has said, we have had people who have gone back to high school and have attained a B (plain) or even a B+ (plus) grade after being in the village for a number of years. They do not even see adverts in the newspapers. They cannot afford the newspapers and there are no places where they can get information. So, they miss out merely because they do not have that information. If this Authority is going to make information available, look at the issue of training, placement, regulation of internships, apprenticeship and mentorship, that is where we need to go. It is extremely important. With regard to mentorship in particular, I have looked at the Uwezo Fund - I do not know the experience of my colleagues - but in many cases, I have noticed that the larger number of applicants in the Fund are women. I have looked at what the problem is. When you sit down, you realise that there is an issue of training and mentorship. Even the things that we all talk about such as agro-industry, horticulture, poultry and dairy farming, as of now, most of the people who are involved are the retired old people. If you want to modernise agriculture at the peasant level, we must move into modern agriculture that will be acceptable to the youth. Mentorship by people who are already in that area is extremely important. I call upon the Mover to take note of the issue of mentorship to go hand in hand with the Uwezo Fund. This is extremely important. We have put in the registrar, the contacts of the jobs that are available and the cost of the Authority. The Kshs600 million is nothing if you are looking at our youth. We should not worry about that; we should put centres in every county. With that, I support."
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