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    "id": 788535,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. Unemployment is a serious matter in the country. Just like many of us in this House, many of our youths have found themselves in a similar situation of having completed university and it becomes difficult to obtain a tax compliance certificate because they have never earned any money in the first place. It is difficult to have a certificate of good conduct because one has just left school, although even a young person can still have a criminal record. It is also difficult to have a HELB clearance certificate because you have not even began paying the loan since you have just left university. It is also difficult to have an EACC clearance because you have never worked, therefore, chances of having participated in corruption are nil. It is the same case with the CRB clearance certificate because at that age, you may never have borrowed money from any bank or anybody. Even raising Kshs4,500 is a challenge for many job seekers. In fact, most of them hardly have Kshs100 in their pockets as they look for a job. I agree with the establishment of a database because it is there that you can easily refer to that person. I had opportunity to work in the Ministry of Youth as the Secretary for Youth and Sports and I am familiar with what a lot of young people go through. The Mover of this Motion wishing to waive charges and establish a database is very right. I would like to urge the Government and Members to support it too. That particular waiver means that if there is a database, you have already been identified and can be connected to the constituency or county you come from. Therefore, you are traceable even if you are newly employed. If something goes wrong, there are enough people who know your whereabouts. Those are the fears for a person who is newly employed. It is good to have this database. It had been established and existed in 2002. When President Kibaki came to power, there was a very huge effort to create a youth database. But for people who were youths in 2002, times have changed. This database has to be maintained by a certain agency and to keep being updated. Others will also drop out as youths the moment they cross the age of 35. It is very important to establish the employment database, so that if you are unable to produce a HELB certificate or the KRA certificate, you are traceable. I believe none of the university leavers has any of these certificates. Even if you give them those certificates, it is simply for clearance purposes. It means, therefore, no details of them have been taken. If one’s name can be traced, then one’s details can be found in the database. Employers would have easy reference of particulars concerning the youth who should be given job opportunities. In fact, one of the founders of the USA said that if you want to know the future of a country, look at the role models of the youths in that particular country, especially those in leadership positions like us. We, as leaders, are elected by the people and we are role models to the youths. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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