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    "speaker_name": "March 8, 2018 SENATE DEBATES 25 Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to ride on that question. Unemployment in this country is the single most important event that, if we are able to get around it, it will help us in solving many issues and problems. I am sure that every one of you can bear testimony that one of the things you are accosted with as a Senator when you go to your respective counties is the issue of unemployment. Unemployed people keep knocking on your door in the office both here in Nairobi and in your respective counties. Somehow, we do not seem to have ready have answers to give them, whether at the national or county level. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have to create synergies between the national and county governments to know how well we can handle unemployment. We have the issues of a bloated wage bill, referring to the defunct local authorities and those staff who were inherited. We also have issues dealing with the assets of the counties and the number of employees – ghost or not ghost – in those counties. This is a very expansive topic and I see it as the only way forward. This is because one of the policy enunciations from the Government is that they will carry out employment to the fullest level. I would like to see how that is chronologically tackled and at what level. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when you see responses that only 18,000 people were registered by the National Employment Authority, that cannot even satisfy the figures in Nairobi alone and, therefore, it is a big concern. As the Senate, we would rather spend quite a bit of time on this matter so as to get to the root cause of why we are not getting these employment opportunities being availed to the young as well as the elderly people. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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