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    "id": 909957,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/909957/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marakwet West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. William Kisang",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2263,
        "legal_name": "William Kipkemoi Kisang",
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    "content": "that we get interns. This is so, so that we can get more of them and get double portion of the money by private sector putting additional resources. Such funds are critical to funding innovations and securing digitally enabled jobs. That should be the way forward instead of subjecting the Ministry to budgetary allocation cuts. Indeed, in its submission, the Ministry projected an annual funding requirement of Kshs1 billion for the next five years. The private sector will also put in a similar amount. These are IBM, Google and other big industries in our country. Moreover, I know that the Budget and Appropriations Committee has recommended Kshs1 billion allocation under the PSC for purposes of employing interns who would be paid a monthly stipend of Kshs25,000. I propose such allocations be taken to Ajira platform and further enhanced to cater for both those qualifying for internship opportunities and those young innovative Kenyans seeking to secure innovations. We should empower them to take up digitally enabled jobs that will be secured through the fund’s mechanism. If we implement this and the Constituency Innovation Hubs (CIH), our youth will not have to look for employment. They should be able to employ themselves by doing online jobs during the day and at night as long as our wards in the country have at least a CIH. On that basis, the PSC will implement the policy guidelines on hiring of interns and leave the innovation part to the Ministry of ICT. Let them deal with the policy and employment of interns."
}