Johnson Arthur Sakaja

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• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: We have more than 175 parastatals in this country. We have 47 county governments, 18 Ministries and more than 16 public universities. If each of them took just 50 young people every six months, we would have almost 20,000 young people in this country every year getting six months experience in what it takes to work in the Government. It does a lot even to their self- esteem when young people wake up in the morning, put on a tie and say, “I am going to work”. They will learn and the issue of lack of experience will never feature ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: ensure that there is placement of young people in internship positions in all public entities. It will also provide incentives to the private sector to deal with that. view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: As I go on, I must debunk some of the myths. This Bill initially received very inaccurate reporting that said that Hon. Sakaja wants to lock out anybody above 35 years from getting a job. That is far from the truth. I am sure that if any of my friends saw that, they would quickly call my wife to find out which psychiatric institution I have been taken to because that would be pure madness. This Bill does not seek to lock anybody out. In fact, if anything, the Committee recommended that I remove the word “youth” because it is ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: This Bill seeks to provide affirmative action incentives to the private sector. The other day we heard the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury, Mr. Henry Rotich, say--- view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Yes, by Articles 54 and 55. You are right. So, in any case Article 54 of the Constitution says that the State must take action, even affirmative action, to address the plight of young people. So, I take back my apology. There are no apologies to make for that. view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: As I was saying, we heard the Cabinet Secretary, Mr. Rotich, saying that there will be a tax-based incentive programme to make sure that if any private entity takes 10 young people with less than six months experience from universities, it will receive certain tax credits. That is very commendable; it is what this Bill provides for, if you go through it. This has been successful across the world. view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: In South Africa, they started a wage credit programme under the Employment Tax Incentive Act of 2014. In one year, it has led to 270,000 young people being employed with 29,000 employers claiming tax credits from the scheme in the 12 months it has been in effect. Just in one year 270,000 young people have benefited. I want to commend the National Treasury; I also want to urge Members to support this Bill because it provides the framework for implementing such tax credit incentives. The US Department for Labour has been doing this for a long time. They have what ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: We have seen very sad cases of young people suffering in Saudi Arabia and Dubai because they were employed through unscrupulous employment bureaus. They go there to work as house girls, but they are mistreated; some are raped; some are beaten and many of them have lost their lives. Upon passing this Bill, this will be a thing of the past because all Government to Government jobs, or international job matching and placement, will be done solely by this Authority, which will be dealing with governments. They will be able to check on our young people across the world. We ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, people have said that we have created too many authorities and parastatals in this country and wondered whether we need one more. I would want us to pause for one moment and ask ourselves--- Even the Budget and Appropriations Committee went through this and worked out the cost of running this programme and found that it will be around Kshs600 million. Is this too much to do for our young people? Is unemployment not such a huge problem? We have parastatals on everything, including on potatoes and so many other things, but not a single Government ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: We are dealing with insecurity. The greatest challenge to security in this country is not the porosity of our borders; it is the large number of unemployed, disillusioned and hopeless young people. We must do everything to start addressing that; the youth promise can stop being a challenge. Our young people should stop being a problem to be dealt with, and become an opportunity to be reaped by this country. Our greatest resource will forever remain our young people. view