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    "id": 826340,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/826340/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera West, EFP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Yussuf Adan",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Adan Haji Yussuf",
        "slug": "adan-haji-yussuf-2"
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    "content": "authentic certificates. Therefore, they are not employable. Although they have the skills, they are not employable. Where they are employed, because they do not have the necessary accreditation and certificates, they are poorly paid. Their wages are so low like those of casual labourers who have not gone through any form of training. This is because the examination centres are too far from most of the constituencies. For example, once one completes training in Mandera West Constituency, one can only come to Nairobi for accreditation. Nairobi is 1,100 kilometres away from Mandera. The cost of travel and other expenses is prohibitive. A youth who has never worked cannot afford to travel all the way to Nairobi, stay in a lodging and look for these very important documents. Therefore, taking these documents to the constituency level is the best that can happen to most of our youth who are undertaking the various technical trainings all over the country. For a start, if we cannot take them to constituency level for financial or budgetary processes reasons, maybe we can start with at least the county level. If we talk about the county headquarters, it is just 300 kilometres from my constituency compared to Nairobi which is the testing area and is 1,100 kilometres away. This Motion is very timely. If we implement this and it happens, I am sure we are going to relieve a lot of our youth who have undertaken technical trainings but are not able to get any sort of certificate or accreditation. With that, I support this Motion. Thank you."
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