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    "id": 839687,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/839687/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Speaker, first of all, I would like to congratulate Sen. (Prof.) Kamar. For those who know, this is the work that she is taking forward from where she started, having been a lecturer at Moi University then rose to the level of administration having served as a principal of a whole college for over 21 years if I am not wrong. Thereafter, she served as a Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology and she was also passionate. She was in charge of matters of education especially related to technical institutions. That shows she is passionate in so far as education is concerned. The good thing with village youth polytechnics is that you do not have to know good English or Kiswahili. You only need to be trained in metalwork, roofing and so on and so forth. You can also do masonry and many other things. If we want to deal with unemployment in this country, this is the direction we must go. As a Senate, we must support that. The problem is that once village youth polytechnics were devolved to counties, many of the governors felt that to be seen to be working, they need to put up huge buildings or tarmac roads. Even if you want to tarmac a road as a county government, you require five to ten years to complete a reasonable tarmacked road. The most important thing to do for you to have a quick win is to establish youth polytechnics as structures and institutions for resolving the question of unemployment; so that self- employment can be achieved in the counties. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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