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    "id": 561817,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/561817/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "No country can aspire to develop if its youth are not involved in all aspects of development of a country. One way the youth can get involved in development is through gainful employment. Therefore, this Bill is going to address an issue that has been of concern to many of us in this country for a long time. In a growing economy such as ours, there is bound to be intense competition for opportunities. Many a time, this competition ends up favouring those who have the capacity to compete. These are, invariably, people who have had the means to acquire resources. For sure, they are not the youth. So, in a sense, we are caught in some vicious cycle that this Bill, I believe, will unlock. That vicious cycle of hopelessness in which the youth have found themselves will be, I believe, broken by this Bill if we pass it. We have seen attempts made by successive Governments to address the issue of youth unemployment. Many of them have come to nothing, firstly, because of lack of political goodwill, and secondly because of, perhaps, sabotage from within. One clear case I have in mind is the current craze in National Youth Service (NYS), where instead of addressing the issue of youth empowerment in a manner that is structured and sustainable, money is lumped in a department which is only talking about 31,000 youth and is operated in the most opaque manner. What do I mean by saying this? 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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