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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think part of the problem has been our politics. I think our politics needs to be seriously fixed. Our politics has not been pro- people. Our politics has not been pro-youth. We have been very defensive about our track record. We have lacked the courage and humility to look at ourselves and say we have failed because how else would you expect the level of unemployment that we face today and the challenges of youth we face and all the other issues--- Something somewhere has obviously not been right. This has not happened for a long time. If this Youth Policy is going to succeed, we need a context, environment and framework that is credible. We need a body politic that makes sense, not just to those that we do not like but also to all of us. So, I think it is very important that we sort out and finish the issue of the Constitution. I think it is very important that we do not lose sight of Agenda 4; the issues of land reform and all the other challenges that we face. It will be very crucial for this Youth Policy to find a nation where it can thrive and have meaning. The success of the Policy will also be the success of our people. Talking about alienation, over the last ten to 20 years, there has been a tremendous emphasis on the girl child and I think rightly so. But I do not know whether it has occurred to us that all of a sudden, the Kenyan boy seems to lack confidence. You meet the Kenyan girl and they have a sense of bounce. They know where they are going and what they want. Anywhere across this country, meet the Kenyan girl and you are meeting a fairly confident person. Meet a Kenyan boy and in the eyes, there is just a sense of, “I am not sure”. I think in affirming the girl child, we have actually forgotten the boy child. I fear for a nation that ignores the importance of one gender. I therefore, think that this Youth Policy needs to find a way of not discriminating against the girl, because that did a great loss to us as a nation, but find a way of recognizing that we now have a problem. The boy child is now finding himself after Standard Eight and Form Four, caught up in all sorts of activities. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I finish, I would have probably suggested that when you come to list of nominating bodies, I think we forget two very important movements in this country; the boy scouts and the girl guides. Maybe these would have something to offer. I am not sure that we have benefited enough from the religious sector. It is a sector I am a little familiar with and when I looked at the four nominating bodies, they are bringing just one person. I would have thought myself, that we could have benefited more from the religious sector because quite often, they work without prejudice and agendas. Often, they would have programmes that would be of benefit to our young people. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think that this Policy is very timely but I have raised my concerns. I think we need to sort out our politics so that the Policy is hoisted in a framework that is credible. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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