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a lot has been talked about by kenyans
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on the bottom up economic model that is
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being promoted by the deputy president
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dr william rooter
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many people have asked who are these
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people at the bottom that are being
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targeted
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our economic structure is just is such
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that it is the shape of a pyramid
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with
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very few rich people at the top and
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majority of the people at the bottom who
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are just barely aching a living
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so who are these hustlers at the bottom
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the hustlers are
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and this i'm using the statistics from
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the kenya national bureau of statistics
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it is estimated
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that
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1.4 million kenyans are unemployed
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outright unemployed
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a father 3.7 million
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are underemployed meaning that
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a person who works as a watchman yet
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they hold a degree and the recent story
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that we saw over border boarder rider
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who's studying for their phd
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it is also estimated by the kenya
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national bureau of standards
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that there is a further 10 million
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kenyans who are in the
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informal sector
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the kenya national bureau of standards
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calls them unlicensed
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these are the hawkers
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them cocoteni pushers
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the street vendors and those who push
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food cuts around the city or sell their
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food on the street
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the results are further 2.5 million
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kenyans who barely echo living these are
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the people
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whom we call the kibaru workers
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they wake up in the morning and go to
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industrial area and get a daily job
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they are the people who will go to the
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building sites
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and push wheelbarrows of sand and cement
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in order to earn a living
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it is the people who go from house to
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house
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to wash clothes
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in order to earn a living for the day
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these are the same people in the evening
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they go back to the informal settlements
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and with that 200 shillings or so that
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they have earned that day they will buy
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food in scoops they will buy a scoop of
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oil from the street vendor they will buy
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a bench a bunch of vegetables from the
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vendor and they will buy a scoop of
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flour they will feed their families for
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that day
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and the next day they will wake up again
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and go and do a daily job to feed their
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family those are the people who live in
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object for poverty and are barely aching
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a living
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so how will the bottom up economic model
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support these hustlers at the bottom of
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the pyramid i will start with the
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example of the hawkers and the mama
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burgers and them cocoteni pushes how
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will they be supported
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the bottom-up economic model
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focuses on them and gets solutions for
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them to be able to undertake their
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trading activities
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and be able to earn a living
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we know
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that all of us
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myself included
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from time to time
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buy wares and food from these hawkers on
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our streets
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these hawkers on our streets need to be
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supported and protected
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many of them
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are harassed by county ascaris they are
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treated like criminals
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their wares are confiscated they even
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pay much more for their business
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permits they shall be supported by the
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bottom-up economic model by ensuring
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that they are provided with
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secure
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affordable and convenient spaces where
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they can sell their wares
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they do not require handouts they
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require to be organized and provided for
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spaces to sell their products
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this has happened in many big cities
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across the world
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new york london washington dc
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you will find
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that
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those food vendors street food vendors
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are all over their cities they are
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organized in strategic points and are
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allowed to bring what they call their
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food trucks or food cuts or
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a cat is some coco tenni they are
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allowed to bring them in convenient
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places in the city and are able to sell
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their wares in an orderly fashion and
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are able to earn a living and feed their
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families
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it is the same model that the bottom-up
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economic approach will focus on
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to ensure that everybody has a right to
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earn a living
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as a nice local example is the example
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of the maasai market that has taken
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shape here in nairobi
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previously the hawkers of these
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kenyan artifacts
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would have running battles
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with
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the county oscars
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but when they were organized in a manner
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that they were given spaces across the
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city
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each day
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in a different location to be able to
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sell their wares
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in an affordable place such as a parking
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lot of a mall or a parking lot of a
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building
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then they were able to actually promote
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their trade and in fact it has turned
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out to become a tourist attraction in
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nairobi
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that is a very simple example of a
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bottom-up economic model it's a refocus
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on assisting our informal sector traders
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or what the kenya national bureau of
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standards calls the unlicensed to be
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able to undertake their trade in an
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orderly fashion
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in my previous video i explained how the
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bottom up economic model can be able to
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target and assist those hustlers at the
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bottom of the pyramid i gave the example
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of those in the informal sector
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the hawkers and the mama burgers
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now i want to give an example of how
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the bottom-up economic model can be able
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to create employment for those millions
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of kenyans who are unemployed and
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underemployed
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the example we've always had is that
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manufacturing can assist in creating
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employment
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yes that is possible but the bottom-up
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economic model will not only focus
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on the huge manufacturing industries but
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will ensure that those activities of
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manufacturing involve
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those who are at the bottom of the
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pyramid and therefore create employment
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for them and i will give a simple
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example
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good example is rivertex a textile
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factory that is based in westinghishu
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county
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the government of kenya
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rightly has invested
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4 billion plus
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shillings
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into rivertex
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it has state-of-the-art machines and is
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very capable of producing and is
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producing
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cotton fabrics
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it has created jobs
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yes
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unfortunately
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they have not been able to get to the
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bottom of the pyramid because of their
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reliance
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heavily on imported cotton because there
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is insufficient cotton production in
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kenya the bottom up economic model aims
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at investing in cotton production
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it aims to ensure
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that inputs
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financial support
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and
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professional advice
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to farmers
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to grow cotton in those regions of kenya
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that can grow cotton
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it will ensure that those thousands of
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smallholder farmers are able to grow
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cotton and sell it to rivertex therefore
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making them self-employed and creating
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jobs for them and thereby creating
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wealth and capability to sustain their
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families economically
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in my previous video i attempted to
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define
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who are these hustlers at the bottom of
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the economic pyramid that are being
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targeted by the bottom-up economic model
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that is being promoted by the deputy
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president dr william reuter
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i went on to define who these hustlers
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are i said one there are those kenyans
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who are unemployed
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two i said it is those kenyans who are
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underemployed kenyans who have degrees
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but are doing border border jobs or
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watchmen jobs
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three i said it is those kenyans who are
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in the informal sector that is hawkers
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and cocoteni pushers
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and lastly those kenyans who undertake
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kibaru jobs
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those who undertake daily wear jobs
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and how will they be helped and how does
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the bottom-up approach economic model
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help
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and assist
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these categories of persons
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one
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a simple example is hawkers
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who hook their wares on our streets
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all of us at one time or another myself
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included purchase
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goods
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and foods from hawkers on the streets
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that means there is a market
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unfortunately these hookers
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are
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harassed
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and treated as criminals by county as
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carries
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they are not allowed to earn a living
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yet they are entitled to right to living
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other persons like supermarket holders
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are able to undertake their work
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comfortably without being harassed
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one is so one set of traders are being
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criminalized and another set are being
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protected
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the bottom up economic model is going to
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ensure that these hookers are organized
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in an orderly fashion that they are able
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to have
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secure
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affordable and convenient places where
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they can be able to undertake their
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trade
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the bottom up economic model
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is not about finding extra resources to
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be able to implement the model
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it is about reallocating and reapplying
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our existing resources in a more
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targeted manner to ensure that we
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resolve the challenges that those
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kenyans who live in abject poverty or
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are completely unemployed are able to
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earn a living and to be able to have
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sustainable food productivity
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the kenya national bureau of statistics
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estimates that
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2.5 million households per year will
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require food
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aid the kenya government every year
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allocates 15 billion
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aside for food relief per year
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the bottom-up economic model
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will aim
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at being able to spend that 15 billion
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in providing inputs and economic food
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production activities to those
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households so that they will not require
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food aid
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for example
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that
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money can be put in
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in irrigation
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of those regions that will have shortage
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of rainfall and therefore will have a
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drought hence causing starvation and the
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need for food aid
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if this is done through the bottom-up
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economic model it will ensure that those
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households
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rather than wait until they are starving
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and provide food aid to them you in
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advance ensure that they are able to
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produce their own food and we can end
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the perennial dependence on food aids
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it is therefore possible with a
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bottom-up economic model
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the bottom-up economic model has now for
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the last several years been studied by
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top business schools across the world
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many countries have now confirmed and
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know
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that the bottom-up economic model is the
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only way to go botswana india and
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recently the united states of america
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and the joe biden have decided to
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implement the bottom-up economic model
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but i must say that the bottom-up
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economic model is not a
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one-size-fits-all
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the manner in which it will be
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implemented in places like the united
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states is not the same way that has been
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implemented in kenya in kenya it will
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not be implemented the same way across
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the various regions of kenya
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hence the reason why the deputy
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president has recently and correctly so
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been holding economic forums
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economic forums have been held with the
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central region the jansari region the
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coast region and the latest one coming
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up will be western region
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the bottom up economic model will be
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implemented
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according to the specific productivity
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of each particular region
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and let me give an example
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we know
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that kenya's biggest inputs at the
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moment is petroleum and edible oils
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that's the cooking oils
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and this has caused a big drain on our
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foreign exchange reserves
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in order to build our economy we need to
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save on our foreign
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currency
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reserves
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i will give the example that these
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edible oils can be produced by our local
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farmers in western kenya nyanza and in
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the coast region
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if these farmers can be supported
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through financial facilitation
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provision of seedlings
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and provision of professional support by
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agricultural extension officers they
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can't be able to boost the productivity
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of these raw materials that can allow us
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to produce
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edible oils and not have to import them
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it will have a trigger effect one it
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will create employment for those persons
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who would otherwise be unemployed on
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their farms
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secondly
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it will be able to ensure that
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cottage industries that can
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produce
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this
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the finished product of oil
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can be able to be built in those regions
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and thereby creating
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employment and it will also even provide
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a cheaper source
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of edible oils at an affordable cost
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that many kenyans can be able to afford
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these particular industries
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will also ensure that kenyans have a
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healthier source
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of edible
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oils
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and thereby sparring not only economic
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growth but also having a healthier
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nation
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