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    "id": 721892,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Korir",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1356,
        "legal_name": "Wesley Kipchumba Korir",
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    "content": "So, I urge this House that, as we consider this Bill and as it comes to the Committee of the whole House, we all unite to fight for our dairy farmers and make sure that they get profits from the hard work that they do every day. Let us remove those levies because they will discourage our farmers from doing business. They will encourage many county governments to impose charges. It does not even say what percentage the county government is going to charge. It just says “Despite subsection (1), a county government may, pursuant to Article 209 (3), impose a cess...” If you already know that the county governments are very corrupt; if we already know that the county governments are so greedy for money; if we already know the county governments are looking for all means to get money so that they can put it in their pockets; if we give them this opportunity to start charging our dairy farmers, we will be giving them a chance to steal from our farmers whom they have already stolen from. They have already stolen money from our country and we are giving them another chance to steal from our farmers. So, I ask the House that we do not accept that. I support, especially on the employment sector. When the Bill by Hon. Sakaja came before the House and came to the Committee that I am a member of, I specifically talked about this issue. I specifically was against it. As much as we want to help our youth to get jobs - which all of us need to - we should not restrict a board; a former board to just youths. Unemployment in this country does not only affect the youth. It affects everybody else. At this age, you will find somebody going to university for a Bachelor’s degree, then a Master’s degree and a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD). By the time they come out of university, they only have one year of being a youth. After that, they are out there. So, I am glad that somebody has seen sense in this and has brought it back as a miscellaneous amendment to remove the word “youth” and create an employment authority that deals with unemployment in this country. That is from the youth to someone as old as 100 years. It should be anybody who wants to get a job. That way, we will fight unemployment regardless of what your age is. If you are unemployed, you are unemployed as a Kenyan. By bringing this, I think that is going to help. I also think we need an employment regulatory board that will show what the unemployment rate of this country is every month or per annum. How many youth are 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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