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    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Makali Mulu",
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "good kiondo . They are able to make very good decorations. What was very encouraging is that when they sell the items, the money goes to their accounts. This also provides another opportunity where even those who are challenged physically have a way of sustaining themselves. I know most of them are engaged in small businesses like selling biscuits. However, once they get the skills, the disability is addressed. They are able to do this because it is a life-line kind of activity. I really want to thank Members because most of us are supportive through the payment of fees for children in polytechnics who are undertaking vocational training. We are supplementing what the Government is doing in terms of capitation. Hence this is an area where Members can push for more resources to make sure that the students who do not go to secondary school and university access polytechnics. I can assure Members that they will get value for that investment. Hon. Deputy Speaker, there are also corporate institutions, for example, banks and I want to single out the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), who have come up with programmes where those who have been trained are provided with equipment. If you are trained as a salonist, you are given the necessary tools. If you have been trained in welding, you are provided with the relevant equipment on a small loan where you repay back at a low interest rate. I want to encourage more corporates to get into that area, not only of giving loans, but to give grants as a way of social corporate responsibility. They should provide grants to such students, so that they can employ themselves. Self-employment is the way to go. This idea of going to offices to look for formal jobs, what we used to call the white-collar jobs, is no longer obtainable. Time has come for people to think more of self-employment. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the other thing that is important is the issue of critically looking at the issue of financing those who have graduated. We must have more grants from corporate institutions. The Government needs to come up with a proper mechanism to make sure that we have a budget provision so that once students graduate, they are provided with tools. If that happens, I can see this country going far in terms of achieving the Vision 2030 and the Big Four Agenda, especially on housing. The arrangement is that through the housing pillar, once you are given the houses to construct as a contractor, anything to do with windows, doors and any other small bits have to be locally manufactured by Kenyans. If it is welding, Kenyans will come up with all the windows. If it is the doors, our carpenters will go out there and make sure we have them. We are talking about thousands of doors and windows. If that is the way to go, then I can see this country generating employment for our youth. At the same time, we will make sure that money goes into our people’s pockets. As I conclude, I urge Hon. Wambugu that after this Motion urging the Government is passed, to seriously think about upgrading it into a Bill, so that it becomes something that can be enforced in this House. That way, we can force the Government to allocate a budget to this important Motion. With those remarks, I support. Thank you."
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