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    "id": 830823,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Saboti, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caleb Luyai",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Caleb Amisi Luyai",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, before I second, I would like to say a few words. This informal sector forms a good percentage of the workforce. Most of the young people in this country have not got a chance to go through the education system. Many young people say they do not have the wisdom to choose the right parenthood but they have the wisdom to choose their future. So, they chose their future through the informal sector and they have, for many years, gained experience at the workforce without necessarily going through the education system. We cannot just wish away such experience without putting a clear policy framework to enable them to be certified with the experience so that they are able to gain employment elsewhere. This Motion is timely in the sense that it allows many of our youths who are in the informal sector to get certified, get training and testing on their final skills so that they are available for job opportunities and are able to be admitted into various industries. Most of them fail to get opportunities to work elsewhere just because they missed proper certificates and education documents. Once we establish apprenticeship centres for testing through this Motion, it will give them an opportunity to be certified and enable them to secure employment. There was a recent article - I do not know whether it is true or not - which stated that the Qatari Government was looking for people with skills in anticipation of the forthcoming World Cup. Whenever there are opportunities outside the country, in most cases, certificates are needed. Most of our youths who are well-endowed with skills do not get the opportunities because they did not go through the education system. Those are some of the benefits of those centres. They will allow most of our youths to access opportunities even across borders. For example, Qatar anticipates involving many Kenyan youths in preparation for the World Cup. I had an opportunity to go to Germany and I visited the John Deere Company. This is a good example of how apprenticeship centres have helped most companies in Germany, Italy and Austria to bridge the gap between the work force and the education systems. Youths are allowed at a very young age to enter into institutions of training to acquire skills in addition to the education they get. Those who have not gone through the education system also get an opportunity to be equipped with skills ready for the work force."
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