27 Jul 2021 in Senate:
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27 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Sen. Linturi, you must criticize this Government because you formed it. The youths who took part in the Kazi Mtaani Programme have not been paid. It was recently reported that the money that was meant for the Youth Fund was diverted to pay recurrent expenditures. Who are we supposed to ask these questions? Sen. Linturi is aware of the NYS Scandal and how money was misappropriated. I do not need to repeat what happened in the NYS Scandal. The solutions to Kenyans and the young people is not to give them menial jobs.
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27 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not think that I need to respond. For purposes of clarity, would it surprise you, Senators, that there is an outfit in Kenya called the Kenya National Innovation Agency under the Science and Technology Act of 2013? What has that agency done since 2013? That is why I say that political goodwill is Government and our Government does not love her people. That is the reason why instead of promoting innovation which is Part Two of this Bill to facilitate transfer of technology, it does otherwise. When the President was opening the Mtito Andei Section ...
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27 Jul 2021 in Senate:
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27 Jul 2021 in Senate:
applications from abroad get 25 per cent of the earnings yet that is a technology application that should ideally be run by our young Kenyans.
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27 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, yes, I would like to be informed.
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27 Jul 2021 in Senate:
That information is very useful. Lastly, I hope that those of us who want to go out there in the counties including - Sen. Sakaja and I - can start this sort of incubation; a hub where young people can sit and innovate.
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27 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Otherwise, the sort of thing that Sen. Murkomen is promoting is not innovation because somebody innovated it a long time ago. I hope we can change the---
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27 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, that was exactly what I was saying, that you do not tell somebody that a wheelbarrow is an innovation. It cannot be because the person who innovated it at that time most likely did not anticipate that somebody in the 21st Century would use it for either bottoms-up or bottom-up, whatever that is. You cannot ride a wheelbarrow upside down, inside out or bottoms-up. The incentive in this Bill is going to help the young people. Our work is to create hope and a platform for the youth and young graduates so that they can look forward ...
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27 Jul 2021 in Senate:
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