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    "id": 788524,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwale",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Scott Tindi Mwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion. Looking at the World Bank report on unemployment in this country, you will find that almost 60 per cent of unemployed people are youths. The only way we can rise up and solve this problem is having a database that is accountable and managed properly. You will find that the same World Bank report states that out of 800,000 job seekers, only 50,000 manage to get the jobs. That is way below 20 per cent. Therefore, the issue of documentation has brought about vices such as corruption, tribalism and bribery. A Kenyan, especially a youth, has the right to employment and security. The Government should provide all youths and every person who qualifies for a job a chance to serve this country. This Motion is well-structured and should address the issue of unemployed youth especially those between the ages of 18 and 35 years. With regard to the issue of documentation, why should you ask a Kenyan who has an ID card to produce documents yet he or she can prove very well that he or she is a Kenyan? The issue of documentation is taking us back to the pre-colonial period where Kenyans were asked to produce ID cards whenever they would to government offices. With regard to the issue of anti-corruption clearance, why should you ask someone to produce an EACC clearance certificate when that person has never been employed? Where has he practised corruption? With regard to the issue of the CRB clearance certificate, how can you ask an 18-year old, who has never been to any bank to ask for money, to produce a credit clearance?"
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