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    "id": 839675,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Chebeni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mercy Chebeni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, I take this opportunity to thank Sen.(Prof.) Kamar for this timely and very important Motion. It is timely because we, as a nation, are dealing with the Big Four Agenda and the Vision 2030. This needs to be realized. It can only be realized if we send our youth to technical institutions to acquire skills that will be critical in the realization of the two. Youth polytechnics are very important in our society. It creates a skilled manpower and, eventually, we will have a skilled society. We shall have plumbers, masons, hairdressers and electricians, among other technicians who are very important in our society today. Having technical institutions shall improve and enhance our industrial productivity in terms of having manpower for our own local industries and hence grow our local industries and eventually become an industrialized nation. This will create employment for our youth. With their creativity, they will come up with companies that will employ other youths with the same skills. This will generate taxable income for the Government and improve the overall economy of our nation. I agree with Sen. (Prof.) Kamar that we need to revamp the existing institutions and create awareness among the youth, especially, in the rural areas. Most of them are not even aware that these institutions are there for them. They are not aware that they can get bursaries; the Kshs30,000, that hon. Senators have talked about. Madam Temporary Speaker, we shall solve many challenges among the youth of this country if we engage them in productive activities. We will solve unemployment, reduce dependency levels and the crime rates will go down. Polytechnics should be made available and accessible to our youths. With those remarks, I beg to support."
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