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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the youth of this nation need empowerment and yet there is no aspect of empowerment in this Bill at all. The youth of this country are very resourceful. Many of them because of lack of employment have resorted to boda boda business after school . I come from western Kenya and I can tell you that this has become the mode of family planning because many of the youth who ride these bicycles for many years are unable to perform “other duties”. We have had the marriage institution endangered because of this and the Ministry should look at this. When we look at the empowerment of the youth, we should find out how we can empower the youth who have ventured into the b oda boda business . Probably, we should facilitate them so that they can move from bicycles to motor bikes. That component is lacking and we should look at this seriously. If we do this, we will have a more enlightened and productive youth. We will also have more than 70 per cent of our population being more productive than they have been in the past. This will contribute greatly to the development of this nation. Therefore, it is my view that we should move a number of amendments to this Bill. I agree that we need to expand the definition of the word “youth” under Clause 2 so that we can extend it to 35 years. If you look at our Constitution, you will find that the earliest age one can be allowed to run for the Presidency is when one is 35 years old. We have a huge group of Kenyans who are unemployed between the teenage years up to 35 years. We believe that if this net is widened, they will definitely be covered."
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