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    "id": 956122,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/956122/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kajiado North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Manje",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1669,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Wathigo Manje",
        "slug": "joseph-wathigo-manje"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance to contribute to this important debate. I support it. We should endeavor to ensure that at least we create employment for our children. When a kid finishes school and he is not engaged in employment, the kid gets frustrated. With frustrations, depression begins in that particular kid. If you want to improve the living conditions of Kenyans, you cannot do it without creating employment however simple it is. We should make sure that when our children complete their education they are engaged for a monthly pay, even if it is a small amount. They have to get the basics. They should employ themselves to feed themselves and get shelter – to get the basic needs of a human being – so that they can be acceptable members of the society. I want also to challenge the Government, through the KRA. When you harass people who are starting enterprises, you should know this is the only way to nurture them. When a person creates a company, it should be nurtured by the Government, through the KRA. You better give tax relief for some time and make sure that you do not harass them. For example, recently we saw big organisations and entrepreneurs being harassed. When you harass them, you do not consider the number of people they employ. I will give you a case. If you harass an entrepreneur who has employed about 1,000 people, you are forgetting these employees pay taxes in the form of PAYE; they contribute to NHIF and NSSF. That is the basic thing the Government should look at instead of the direct revenue that the entrepreneur pays. So, this Bill is prompt. We have to make sure that, at least, we create these job opportunities. Another thing we should not forget about is the children who are in the streets. Kenyans should come out strongly and make sure that no kids in our country should call streets their home. These kids survive like animals. It is like they went back to the forest. Imagine they eat from dustbins. It is a hopeless life. We should make sure that at least we come together and create vertical mobility for all Kenyans, because we cannot grow when we ignore some of our people. I support this particular Bill."
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