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    "id": 676707,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ombaka",
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        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I want to start by highlighting the fact that for public appointments, advertisements are normally done. I wish that in the advertisement, it is made very clear that the county government that is advertising for the job puts a rider on the advertisement that it is an equal opportunity employer where women are allowed to apply. That comes out quite a lot in other advanced countries. When they place advertisements, that rider is put there. It is an equal opportunity employer that allows women to apply. That will encourage more women to apply. That is my first observation. The other one is that the qualifications that are required are good. First of all, it talks of academic qualifications. This is very important. In the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology where I sit, people come with various qualifications from other countries. They come with certificates that are written in other languages that we do not understand. This must be translated into English so that we know that when you graduate from a certain university in other countries, you are either awarded a degree, diploma or something to that effect. That must be made clear. Candidates that come for interviews for those jobs need to carry with them the translation of the certificates that they carry or they have from other countries. That is the second observation. When it comes to the experience of those looking for employment, experience is a big challenge to many young people who graduate today. They say they do not have the experience and are therefore locked out oF jobs. That needs to be relaxed. We need to know how long one needs to have that experience to have these jobs. Is it one, three or 10 years? We need to be fair to young people who are graduating so that we do not demand experience of so many years. That way, we will recruit more Kenyans."
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