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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kangundo, Muungano",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Fabian Muli",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Fabian Kyule Muli",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to join my colleagues in debating the National Youth Council (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.8 of 2019). I would like to support the Bill. Article 55 of the Constitution defines youth as the section of the population that is between the ages of 18 and 35 years. The population of the youth is the highest in this country. However, unemployment in that age bracket is high. Despite the unemployment issue in that age bracket, our education system does not give logistical support in terms of giving our youth employment. In the system we used earlier of the 8-4-4., youths who went through it, after eight years were not categorised where they belonged and they did not proceed with education. Others proceeded for four more years up to Form Four and they did not get a categorisation to understand where they belonged. From there, you have youths who went for training for two years and others for four years. So, this Bill has not given how the youth need to be streamlined in our system of unemployment coupled with other social factors. Clause 45(b) tasks the National Youth Council to come up with measures to have our youth join the political system and to have social and economic support. I would like to see the National Youth Council putting structures in the county governments, constituencies and wards. There are also issues with the functions of the National Youth Council. The National Youth Council should benefit from this Bill by putting in place the functions of officials who 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."
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