Jacob Waweru Macharia

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I rise to support the Bill by Hon. Sakaja because the youth in this country, especially those from rural constituencies like Molo have a long way to go in terms of employment and empowerment. I believe that if this Bill becomes law it would help the Government in mainstreaming the problem of the youth. view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: The youth flocked in large numbers to the ongoing NYS recruitment exercise because of rampant unemployment in the country. Kenyan youth are more often than not misused mainly by politicians. That is why every other time, in political rallies and political mobilisation, we hear politicians and other operatives saying in Kiswahili “ tafuta vijana wafanye kazi”. The perceptions we have as a country towards the youth is the reason we ended up having the Kazi Kwa Vijana Programme that was mismanaged. This was coined to mean “ kazi kwa vijana, pesakwa wazee”. view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: The creation of a database to map out youths in Kenya will help. We have different categories of youth in this country. We have youth who never went to school; youths who went The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: to school but did not complete; youths who went to school but are not employed and youths who went to school but are doing jobs they never trained in. That is why we have even PhD holders picking tea in villages out there. Finally, we have youth who are working in the international employment market and they are more often than not culpable to employment agents who have been coning them simply because they want a job. We have advertisements talking about cargo job placements where our youth are fleeced money which has been provided by parents. view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Therefore, creation of this database and incubation or the mentoring of youth will help because more often than not, we find youth who have gone to school and yet some of them do not even know how to write a good CV that can get them employment. The efforts by Hon. Sakaja are commendable. This Bill is timely and it is a major intervention in making sure that the youth in this country are no longer called viongozi wa kesho. They should start now. view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you will realise that we now have youthful Members of Parliament in this House, I included and the number is increasing. It is time, with the creation of the Youth Employment Authority, that the youth took their rightful place in Kenya. view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. view
• 10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: I remember watching a programme called Case Files in one of the television stations in Kenya. In the programme, there was a lady from South Africa, who is currently serving a term at Lang’ata Women’s Prison. The lady kept on saying that it would be very good to see some of her relatives coming to see her. She went on to say that they were poor, and she looked very desperate. She said that she would probably die here without seeing her relatives. view
• 10 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is a very important Bill because currently, I have two constituents who are jailed in China. I have heard that it is better to die than be jailed in China. Being jailed in China is one of the most horrific experiences that one can go through. We know that there are other Kenyans who have been jailed in the Middle East and America. We also know that there are foreigners who have been jailed in this country. This Bill will allow people to continue serving their jail terms in their home countries. It is important ... view