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    "id": 838617,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/838617/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okelo",
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        "legal_name": "Jared Odoyo Okelo",
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    "content": "work to this very day. Some of them have gone back to school to further their studies in the hope that they will put their hands in some gainful employment after graduation. But, as Kenyans would know, your guess as to what awaits them is as good as mine. Even for the few who have jobs, most of them are in low cadre, poor paying jobs. Most are constantly exploited by their employers. Then, what awaits them are family responsibilities. There is already a very thin monetary gain from those few people. Then, the family pressure in terms of budgetary allocations is exerted on the small money they earn. At the end of the day, we see nothing but a gruelling picture of those families. Youth unemployment has been described as a ticking bomb. Frustrated young men and women are susceptible to drugs, prostitution, some lured into terrorism and other indoctrinated groups that create harm to our Republic, some enrolled in drugs and some utterly desperate. The country is now banking on the manufacturing sector which is one of the key pillars in the Jubilee Government’s four-point agenda. The proposed monies to handle youth affairs will offer a platform that will cushion and augment the manufacturing sector hence create employment to many desperate Kenyans. Unemployment is rampant. This simply means that graduates get jobs that can as well be done by Form Four leavers. If this will be made into a Bill and become an Act, it will create a wider tax base. That way, more tax revenues will be in place. A strong purchasing power will follow and hence a stable nation. So, instead of over-taxing the few who are employed, let us widen the scope of employment so that the Government does not necessarily have to impose heavy penalties on Kenyans. With a wider taxation base, there will be adequate revenue to run our affairs. I, in retrospect, therefore, support the declaration of youth unemployment a national disaster and subsequent establishment of a national youth fund. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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