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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ms. Cecily Mbarire",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Keter",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to thank Hon. Gideon Keter for bringing this important amendment Bill. The first time I came to this House as a nominated Member of Parliament in 2003, I represented the youth. Though I ceased being a youth, I am still very youthful at heart. So, I will always stand to support matters affecting the youth of this country. From the 2019 Population and Housing Census, the youth constitutes over 50 per cent of our population. We have also realised that we have an all-time high unemployment rate of 35 per cent. Therefore, it is paramount that a lot of the issues that we deal with as a nation, the policy decisions and legislations that we come up with, address the issue of youth and unemployment, so that we can give hope to the young people of this country. I am happy the matter of the NYC is here. The first time I brought a Motion on the establishment of the NYC was in 2004 after the Kenya Young Parliamentarians Association (KYPA) made an official visit to Uganda to see how Uganda’s NYC worked. We came and moved a Motion that was passed. We have seen the NYC in place. I would not clearly say whether I have seen real impact of the NYC. Therefore, I hope KYPA is not just going to bring this particular Bill through Hon. Gideon Keter, but will also do a serious evaluation and analysis of how the NYC has worked since its establishment, the challenges they are facing, what we can do as a House to improve their workings and whether 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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