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    "id": 830874,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Siaya CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Christine Ombaka",
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        "legal_name": "Christine Oduor Ombaka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this chance. I also want to support this Motion because it is a good thing dealing with the young people who are in the Jua Kali sector where we have neglected young people a lot. Most young people do not have jobs. The jobs that they have are within the Jua Kali sector. The sector has been neglected; we leave the young people to learn skills on their own without knowing how much more skills they need and how they get the training other than the fact that it is through experience that they learn. Kenya is a country where academic certificates are very important. Without it, you cannot be recognised. Nobody will recognise you just because you know some skill off head. You must go through some training, however low it is, and you must have some certificate, however low it is. So this section of the economy has been neglected and the people involved are very important to us. As already mentioned, most of the youth are carpenters, masons, electricians, hairdressers. They are so important to us yet we do not think of how they get their training and what kind of certificates they receive. Once they are given training through NITA they will be better recognised. They will be able to access not only loans, because now they are recognised using their certificates, they will also be able to access tenders in the counties. Without any papers you cannot prove that you are qualified in an area. So it is important that we highlight the tests and certificates that they can get from NITA so that their positions can be uplifted and that they too can be trusted as professionals. It will qualify them to be professionals. We shall trust them and put money in whatever activities they engage in and they will be able to access tenders. It will also attract many young people who have not got into the Jua Kali sector. There are many that are just idle in the villages and do not know what to do. Once you introduce testing and certification at the nearby centres, a lot of them will flock there. Our young people will have 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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