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    "id": 561876,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/561876/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sang",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1309,
        "legal_name": "Leonard Kipkosgei Sang",
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    "content": "On Clause 37, I congratulate Hon. Sakaja because a good number of graduates from tertiary colleges have been moving round in search of internship placements, without success. They have been disadvantaged because internship places are limited. Therefore, it is important for this Bill to mention the institutions where young Kenyans are supposed to go for internship. More importantly, most young Kenyans have been doing internships without payment. I know particularly about the medical field, where diploma holders have been doing a lot of work without pay. Therefore, it is important to note that the proposed authority will force the authorities to have young Kenyans paid during their internship. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is more important to note that we have many youth who are going through a number of challenges in this country. Statistics show that at least 28.7 million Kenyans are youth under the age of 30. These young people have a lot of problems and issues. It is sad that the unemployment rate in Kenya is currently 40 per cent. I am made to understand that it is among the leading unemployment rates in Africa. We are supposed to do something so that Kenyans do not rot in the villages. If you go back to the village, you will find many young Kenyans getting wasted by alcoholism because of unemployment. If you look into the issue of insecurity, you will find that it is young people who are involved because they do not have employment. The Government is trying. In the previous Government, some of us were made to co- ordinate employment of young people. Unfortunately, they bought pangas and jembes for young people and pocketed huge amounts of money. I hope the Jubilee Government will do something which is more proactive so that young Kenyans can, at least, get employment. With those remarks, I want to tell my young friend, Hon. Sakaja, that you are doing a very good job. May God bless you. We should come up with this Authority so that young Kenyans get employment opportunities. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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