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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I must say that today, we are discussing extremely important documents. Therefore, I rise to support Sessional Paper No.4 of 2013. I must start by applauding the Committee and the Ministry for the layout of this Paper. It is a brave document which starts by looking at the issue of full employment as a priority in national economic and social policy. It seeks to enable the economically active population to attain and secure sustainable livelihood. What worries me most as a representative of the people is the level of poverty that we witness in the rural areas particularly amongst the youth and women. There is a lot of disempowerment. This document tries to address those issues. It looks at the weak linkages between education and training institutions. As I said earlier on, the big issue for the youth is lack of skills and appropriate education and training. If that is looked into, it is going to be an extremely important point. The Paper again looks at the issue of industrialisation and micro and small enterprises. The real employers of people in large numbers are the micro and small enterprises that take up 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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