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    "id": 732105,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyura",
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        "legal_name": "Michael Aringo Onyura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to make some comments on His Excellency the President’s Address. I did not find this Address inspiring and giving hope to Kenyans. Some of the key areas where we expected clear information and statistics to see what is happening did not come out clearly. One area of serious concern in this country is unemployment. The percentages of unemployment are very much on the increase. We do not see the jobs the Jubilee Government promised to create every year. I have read that 2.3 million jobs have been created. I think somebody needs to come up clearly and tell us where these jobs are. We should be told in which areas or sectors the jobs have been created and which people have been employed. If you look at the level of unemployment, particularly in the rural areas, many young people who leave institutions from secondary schools, colleges and university, are unemployed. The levels of unemployment are so high that you hardly come across any new employees. I do not know whether the figures that are given are real. I do not think many Kenyans are convinced about this. Indeed, there was a survey that indicated that about 60 per cent of Kenyans were saying that the country is headed in the wrong direction. I just hope that 60 per cent will take the necessary action by throwing out this poor leadership that is heading us to the wrong direction."
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