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    "speaker_name": "Nambale, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": "the processes agreed like in procurement, disbursement rules, and any other rules. At the end of the day, this House always depends on the findings and recommendations of the Committee so that we can adopt it with the confidence that those aspects that are forensic in nature will be followed through if there is sufficient specificity for the agencies. When that does not happen and the degree of diplomacy is too high, then there is a danger that we will be lost along the line, and it will just be a Report. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if 70-75 per cent of our population is the youth, I do not agree with the recommendation of establishing a youth commission. We do not need that because our entire budgeting system ought to reflect that. If we get a commission in place that is a silo in a corner, it will have very little effect on the Budget. If two-thirds of our population is the youth, then two-thirds of our resources must target the youth. We talk about youth employment, delinquency and sports. We should not operate like that, but we have to look for it in a line item. It ought to be looked for in a corner. Without deviating, as we also talk about gender, we cannot solve the problem by just using numbers, but through an infused part of what we do. The youth are our population and not a target. If you take 75 per cent of a population, what do you remain with? They have also brought out an important point on concentration of facilities. This is a weakness in this country’s resource allocation systems. They have mentioned about three regions that have high degree of concentration, but they have left out many areas where those issues are relevant. It is clearly marked in the health sector, education sector in terms of institutions or higher learning. But the case is also the same in the distribution of stadia/sports facilities. The stadia were envisaged to be of world class standards. It would be important if we achieved that and my friend, Hon. Nguna, was here and commented on the fact that those stadia have not met the standards they were envisioned to be. However, I would like to concentrate on that. In Busia County - and I am sure that is the case for many other counties - it is very difficult to find playgrounds where the youth can develop their talents. I would like to request that we get a simpler approach of land leveling where they can play so that when they come to Nairobi, they can then play on those international class stadia. As it is now, I would not support the Report. It is not useful not to support the Report at this stage because we are losing an opportunity to pinpoint those forensic areas they have mentioned so that there is a follow-up. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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