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    "id": 826345,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/826345/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Igembe South, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Paul Mwirigi",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this important Motion. I understand that it has been the situation for many years where young people are not given jobs because they lack experience. This Motion has come at the right time when we have to look after the young people. Apprentice testing and certification centres will be of much importance if established in each and every constituency. This is because most of the young people have skills but lack somewhere to practise them or acquire certificates. When young people go to look for jobs like being mechanics or working in road construction which are being undertaken in the Republic of Kenya, they are asked for a certificate of the skill they have acquired. Because we lack these facilities within our constituencies, they get disqualified. I appreciate Hon. Njagua for bringing this Motion to this House. I urge each Member to support it. This Motion is important to fellow young people of this country. It will open many jobs. At the same time, it will help to curb idleness among young people. If young people lack a facility where they can practise their skills, they will relax and not engage in any activity. So, fellow Members, let us support this Motion so that we can have this facility in each constituency. That is where my fellow young people can go and acquire more skills so that they get jobs. If young people will not get jobs in this country, they will face a lot of problems. Without jobs, it means someone will engage in activities which are not useful to the economy of the country. I support."
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