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    "content": "proceeds but we must be alive to the fact that as Africa, we have failed on the issue of the failed state of Somalia. You cannot have a failed state next to you and continue to hope that your country will go scot-free. What am I saying? If in Kenya we have problems with young people who have no jobs and, therefore, becoming criminals in the names of unlawful groupings, can you imagine a state whose government is not allowed to operate? The young people who live across our border with Somalia are engaging in this activity because Africa has neglected this state. I say this because this is something that can easily happen even within our own borders. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we must start looking into creating jobs. This is a Bill we might pass but we will not be able to implement it if young people in this country continue to have no jobs. They will continue to engage in crime because crime has become their easy way of making money. If up to today, as Government, we have no national policy of creating jobs for young people, then all that we are doing is in futility because 70 per cent of our generation is sitting out there, idle, looking for ways of feeding their young families. There is no point in us speaking big words when we do not deal with the basics. For me, the basics is for us to work hand-in-hand as Ministries. There is no point of having a Ministry dedicated to youth affairs, whose Youth Enterprise Development Fund is failing. There is no point of having a Kazi kwa Vijana Programme that is also failing. We are failing our young people but at the same time, we are saying that we must enact a law like this one. We will have all our young people in prison. I am telling you this without any doubt, as a person who works with young people. Most of them are engaging in crime because they have no jobs. Let us create jobs for them as we put such laws in place. The Government’s commitment on the fight against corruption will only be seen if the Government works together, and not at variance. With those remarks, I beg to support the Motion wholeheartedly."
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