{"id":701675,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/701675/?format=json","text_counter":126,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"THAT, aware that there are many talents amongst the youth of this country; having noted that this talents have been severally displayed through various inventions and innovations by the youth in platforms such as the Science Congress and the Annual Youth Innovation Week; concerned, that most of these discoveries do not go beyond making sensational newspaper and electronic media stories; noting that most of these innovations are aimed at addressing the problems that afflict us as Kenyans on a daily basis; further concerned that there is inadequate enabling legislation and administrative measures to support these innovations; cognizant of the fact that the Kenya Vision 2030 seeks to make our country an industrialized middle-income economy in the next 14 years; aware of the immense potential for wealth creation and job opportunities that such innovations would generate if well-developed and commercialized; also recognizing that our imports are well in excess of Kshs1.3 billion shillings, a gap 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."}