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    "id": 768637,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sylvia Kasanga",
    "speaker_title": "The Nominated Senator",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sylvia Mueni Kasanga",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, actually, very much of it is in line with the Report that we have received today on the annual county governments implementation review. I wish to start by asking ourselves where our hearts are when it comes to the youth. The youth are very concerned with the state of the nation as it is today. Having received this Report, I am not sure how to report back to the youth who are very worried about their future. We have to question ourselves as leaders and legislators. What are we doing for our youth? What examples are we setting for our youth? Are we aware of their dreams and aspirations? As my very able colleagues, who are very seasoned have said, there are some key areas our counties could improve. One of them is the local revenue generation. I believe it is a major avenue for creating jobs for our youth. As we know, many of our youths today are jobless. My colleague here gave an example of how Kisumu could be doing a lot more if they were to implement some of those recommendations. We would create more jobs for our youth. I am wondering what this House can so that we do not just oversight the budget, but also help with ideas and creation of wealth within the counties. I stand to be guided, but if we could have a bit of a hands-on in that area, it would help our Governors and Cabinet Secretaries to come up with programs that can help our youth in the future. I am a champion of alternative dispute resolution. I believe that the current Constitution has embraced the alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. I want to champion this going forward because I believe that counties could save a lot of money if they adopted some of these mechanisms. That is just part of what I would say would be my maiden speech. I look forward to support from this House as we try to implement some of these things for the youth and also the alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. Lastly, I wish to comment on the internal audit that is missing in some of the counties. How can this House take charge of such anomalies? I stand to be guided, but how can there be lack of internal audit, yet we are supposed to be over sighting? It is The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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