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    "id": 557240,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Dawood",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2572,
        "legal_name": "Abdul Rahim Dawood",
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    "content": "A couple of days back, there was an article in a newspaper which stated that people going for jobs needed pushing. I believe that is not the right way to go. If somebody does not know anybody else in any job category, it means that he will never get a job. This Bill will address those kinds of issues. The youth require a way out. We are talking of 40 per cent unemployment rate, 70 per cent of them are the youth. If we do not support the youth, we are looking at a time bomb, which will explode any time. In my constituency, we are already doing youth resource centres, where we will be training the youth in life skills. From there, they will be gainfully employed in any industry. We need to pass this Bill. Once this is passed, the Authority will be established and we will have it rolled out all over the country. Regarding youth radicalization, the youth need to be encouraged that there is hope. We can do that with a lot of passion. Members of Parliament can talk to them. We are getting into the month of Ramadhan which has mostly been associated with Muslims, but I believe that youth radicalisation is not just among the Muslims. It is all over. We need to see how we are going to get the youth out of mischief, drug abuse and many other things. It should not happen as it happened with the Kazi kwa Vijana initiative, where jobs were done by the youth, but money went to the old people. With those few remarks, I thank Hon. Sakaja. I support the Bill. I have donated my time to the Hon. Member."
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