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    "id": 59607,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamalwa",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also rise to appreciate the President’s Speech. It is a Speech that addressed a wide range of issues. At Independence, our founding fathers talked of three main enemies of our nation; disease, hunger and ignorance. During the life of this Tenth Parliament, we were able to pass a new Constitution. We joined other Kenyans and we have gone down in history as a Parliament that gave Kenyans what had eluded them for almost two decades. This Constitution, indeed, addresses all the concerns that have been there since we attained our Independence. Whether it is hunger, the new Constitution says that no Kenyan should ever die of hunger again. Whether it is about our young people, this Constitution under Article 55 for the first time, is saying that we must take measures, including affirmative action programmes for the youth of this nation. For many years, affirmative action was only associated with women and indeed, over time, we have tried and put affirmative action in place to help the women of this nation. But today with the new Constitution, we are now talking of affirmative action programmes for the youth of this nation; to access relevant education and training, to access employment and to access opportunities and participate in the political and socio- economic spheres of the life of our nation. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when you look at this nation and the priorities set, you would realize that it took us over 40 years to even come up with a youth policy. It is only recently that we did pass a youth policy in this nation; it is only recently that we did set aside a Ministry to deal with youth affairs. My friend, hon. Kabando wa Kabando is doing a good job there. What we are saying is that, through this new Constitution, there is a lot we can do in terms of affirmative action programmes to empower the youth of this nation. Recently, we did pass a Motion in this House where we proposed that many of the young people are unable to find employment, and they have resorted to Boda Boda as a way of earning a living. We did propose as one of the affirmative action programmes that this Government should look at the possibility of setting up a Boda Boda Fund that can actually help empower our young people, most of whom are being exploited by those who can afford to buy motorbikes and tuk tuks . They are employing these young people who in a day, out of Kshs700, they are asked to give back Kshs400 to the owner of the"
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