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    "id": 896346,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/896346/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Owen Yaa Baya",
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    "content": "Joblessness or unemployment is a big problem in this country. Unfortunately, the President did not address how we will bridge that gap in his Address. Over 50 per cent of young people in this country are jobless. Universities and colleges are churning out young people to a jobless market. This economy is not creating new jobs and opportunities for start-ups. I am glad the President talked about the SME Fund that will cushion people who want to take loans on small and medium enterprises. But what is the country doing to ensure that jobs are created? The Big Four Agenda talks about manufacturing and jobs, but with the kind of discord that is in the Government; the war within the Government itself, how will we ensure that the Big Four Agenda is achieved? The courts have ruled that the housing levy is illegal and should not be charged. How come every time anything important the Government is implementing, the courts stop it? We have seen the Huduma Namba and the housing levy suffer the same fate. Where is the problem? Do we have technocrats that think for this country and Government so that when something is implemented, it is done with the full force of the law, and that there is no impediment from the Judiciary or any other sector. 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."
}