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    "id": 94721,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/94721/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Shabesh",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 377,
        "legal_name": "Rachel Wambui Shebesh",
        "slug": "rachel-shebesh"
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    "content": "My take would be that as we lay this on the Floor of the House today, the relevant Ministries headed by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports would pick up this Report, not just as a report of this House, but as one of their tools as they go round trying to find out what they can do for the young people of this country. We have mentioned the Youth Enterprise Development Fund which we have given a lot of praise but is not yet addressing this issue. Why? This Report will show you where the gap is so that you are able to implement the youth policy in line with what is in reality today concerning what the young people do. When we spoke to those people, we realized that many of them want to reform. We met them in jail and in the community. We met their wives and children who have been left behind. All of them said one thing; that they do not do those things because they want to but because there has been a gap in security and they filled it, it filled their pockets and they can no longer do away with it because it is their daily bread. The young people of this country do not want to be involved in illegal activities. What pushes them into those illegal groupings is very well expounded in our Report. There are various facts that if the Government does not come together, sit down and put their heads together as we did as a Committee--- I want to congratulate the Chairman who brought the issue of forming this Committee to look into this issue. As much as this Report opened our eyes, we believe that it would also open your eyes. We request the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to even take this Report to the Cabinet. Let the Government know what it is dealing with. If we close our eyes to Mungiki, we are destroying the private sector on the other side. We are also destroying the transport industry. We are also destroying the security agencies in this country as we try to fight"
}