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    "id": 1032061,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko",
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    "content": "trying to restructure Government so that we have a structure that can deliver the vision that those who get elected to lead the nation have envisioned for their flowers. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, having said that, the President talked about the youth and the need to empower and not incite them. Many people want to use the youth to incite, make them angry and weaponized their emotions so that they can ride on the crest or energy of the youth to high offices. That is extremely dangerous. Since the President spoke about it, I believe we in leadership must flag the importance of empowering our young persons. I think the way to go is to look at agriculture. For my county, we would want to look at fishing in Lake Victoria. We have young persons who have gone to school in primary, secondary and university. They are next to a resource called Lake Victoria and they cannot make wealth and employment out of it. They are Mihuru Bay, North Kadem, Sori Bay and in other places. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have young people in my county who want to ache a living out of sugarcane farming, cutting, loading, driving tracks and other things. However, the only factory called Sony Sugar Company that is supposed to give them an opportunity for this has not been fast-tracked and has not received resources to rebuild it so that these activities can go on. We have young people in Uriri, Kuria East, Kuria West, Suna East and Suna West Sub counties who depend on tobacco cultivation. These young persons should actively be involved in growing, harvesting and selling tobacco and all the value addition processes that should happen. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if we empower young people in all counties, then the opportunists who want to incite them and use their emotions to ride to high offices will not get room to do so. I am happy that in the President’s Speech, the plight of young persons was flagged. I hope policy implementers who assist the President will pick that. I hope they will ensure that young people get interested in agriculture and rewarded with opportunities in agriculture. That young people are encouraged to be productive in their rural settings. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, another threat that the President flagged out was corruption. Corruption is a threat to the progress that we have made in this nation. It must be dealt with for what it is and the destruction it causes in our society. I am happy that the President flagged it. I am happy that policy makers and implementers have also identified it. There is need to ensure that we deal with corruption both administratively in terms of legislation and pursuing the matters in court in a manner that is definitive. If we do not do so, all the resources that we allocate will go to waste. All our beautiful programs and plans will not see the light of day. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I conclude by saying that BBI is a positive document. Sen. (Dr.) Ali talked about the need to oppose it because it does not help with marginalization. The BBI is allocating resources to wards. The marginalized people need resources and opportunities to discuss their priorities."
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