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    "id": 809020,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Embakasi North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. James Gakuya",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Mwangi Gakuya",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute on the Motion towards prioritising recruitment of NYS graduates. The youth are the most volatile team in this country. Over 70 per cent of youth are totally jobless, especially in Nairobi, where I represent one of its constituencies. The headache we have is how to deal with these jobless youth. We understand that the environment in Nairobi offers nothing for free. For anything to drink or to eat, you have to get into your pocket. Therefore, at least, it is important to think of how we can incorporate the youth somewhere where they can get their daily bread. After training of six months, it is important to give assurance of the livelihoods of these youth. When the youth graduate without being seconded anywhere, it becomes defeatist. The youth are well trained; some are trained in military skills and without being seconded anywhere, they can turn against the society. So it is good that the Government thinks of how to move forward, do better than what it is doing now and take the youth for training and give them areas for absorption. There are many areas where the Government can take charge and absorb these people. We have areas like building of roads, dams and, water pans. It is not cast in stone that every other project in this country must undergo procurement processes just for those tenders to be taken by individuals. The Government is capable of identifying areas where these youth can work in. It is not true that they have equipment in their custody. Most of the equipment is lying idle. They can be used to create work for these people. So I support that we not only look at how to incorporate the youth into other forces, but understand that we have our recruitment processes through the other Forces."
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