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    "id": 575094,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/575094/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Muhia",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wanjiku Muhia",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support this Sessional Paper. I am glad this Paper is here because we are all aware of how skilled labour has not been marching with the opportunities in this country. Time and again, we have had cases of abuse and mistreatment mainly of our girls who go for domestic jobs in Saudi Arabia and other Arabian countries. That is because of few opportunities available in the country. With this Sessional Paper in place, we will have a data-base which will create harmony and enhance coordination. It is not so clear why we lack opportunities to the extent that our girls have to go to Arabian countries. If that data-base was there, I want to believe that Kenyans would visit it and get the available opportunities. At the same time, this Sessional Paper will address the challenge of employability that we face in our country today. Graduates have very beautiful papers, but when you employ them, they hardly perform to the expected level. As a result, employers have continued asking for experience, which again locks out our fresh graduates from getting jobs because they hardly have work experience. So, we want those people to be employed and show the results of what they can do. This will be made possible through the regulations to be put in place. I want to imagine that this will be done through collaboration with the Ministry of Education, so that they can be advised on what can be included in the system so that fresh graduates can demonstrate their abilities when they are employed. This shall save our country from insecurity that is caused by radicalization. Many graduates look for jobs without success. As a result, they engage themselves in illicit brews. That is a disturbing challenge on a daily basis. Others go ahead and engage in evil Al Shabaab activities. If that data-base was there, even if the students have graduated and have not got any opportunities, they would have hope. That is because they would be seeing students who graduated ahead of them securing opportunities. Lack of hope is the reason why those young men and women are engaging themselves in Al Shabaab activities. 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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