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"speaker_name": "Hon. Francis Kuria Kimani",
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"content": "When I got here in this morning, I found members from the Opposition signing in and moving out. I remember a verse in the Bible which says, “He who does not work should not eat.” These people are still going to enjoy being on the payroll despite not coming to the House to work. When I saw them walk out, I remembered reading in the Constitution that one of the biggest functions of a member of the National Assembly is legislation. If I were a shopkeeper and my shop attendant did not come to work, or he just came, signed and left; should I hire that shopkeeper again or should I fire him. I would like to tell Kenyans this message: You have seen those of us who are willing to work for you. As we go to vote on 17th October, we know which coalition, and which party, to vote for so that they can work for the people of Kenya. The President mentioned job creation in his Speech. The youth, as we said, are the majority but there is a shift from what you call the traditional jobs of engineering, medicine, law and accounting to jobs in things like creative arts. I am looking forward to us developing laws and policies that will ensure collaboration with our county governments so that many young Kenyans who would like to record their music get to do so without having to pay for it; that the Jubilee agenda gets completed so that the young people of this country enjoy an income through sports. I want to see more young people being involved in agri-business and contributing to our economy through value addition of our agricultural products."
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