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    "id": 77661,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Ndeti",
    "speaker_title": "5 Thursday, 11th November, 2010(P) The Assistant Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 109,
        "legal_name": "Wavinya Ndeti",
        "slug": "wavinya-ndeti"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that Gatundu North Constituency, just like many other constituencies in the country, has thousands of youths who are unskilled and unemployed. (b) The Ministry has taken appropriate measures to curb this problem in Gatundu North Constituency. We have opened four youth polytechnics and equipped them. The courses that are being offered there are vocational and technical courses. We have also started the process of rehabilitating two other youth polytechnics for the same purpose. We have disbursed Kshs1,815,000 through Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF) for starting youth owned enterprises. A further Kshs2.5 million has been allocated to the constituency. We have also allocated Kshs5.4 million to put up a youth empowerment centre in the constituency in the 2010/2011 Financial Year. We have also engaged the youth through implementation of the “trees for job” component of the Kazi Kwa Vijana Programme. An amount of Kshs1.4 million has been allocated this year for planting trees. We have also carried out intensive training in entrepreneurship to equip the youth with knowledge, skills and attitude towards starting and running their own businesses. We have also started a campaign across the constituency to educate the youth on the dangers of idleness and the importance of upholding work ethics. (c) The Ministry has embarked on a programme to put an empowerment centre. As I have told you, a sum of Kshs5.4 million has been allocated."
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