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    "id": 978108,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Keter",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, in the 9th Parliament, the National Youth Council Policy was discussed as Sessional Paper No.3 of July 2007. The Sessional Paper was approved by Parliament as a policy document that provided a blueprint on youth development in Kenya. It is worth knowing that it was an important milestone for the youth and our country as a whole. Hence, we had an opportunity to have the National Youth Council Bill of 2009. Currently, we are missing a national youth policy development that is in line with the current Constitution. It is important also for me to acknowledge that the previous National Youth Policy of 2007 helped the country to achieve a number of key milestones in youth empowerment efforts. Notable among them is the establishment of the National Youth Council as a representative body to advance the voice of the youth, the establishment of several affirmative funds that continue to provide youth, women and people with disabilities with low interest funds for their economic empowerment activities. The 2007 National Youth Policy was in line with the old Constitution and the programmes of the Government of the day. The youth are now in need of a new youth development policy designed to scale up youth development, intervention as well as evaluate youth contribution to nation building. The main objective of the new policy is to mainstream youth issues in all sectors of the national Government."
}