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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to commend the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance for talking about the Mombasa-Uganda Railway. Since the colonialists left this country, we have never funded the railway line. I think it is time that we looked at the possibilities of extending or building a new railway line and budgeting for it. We need to have a railway line from Nakuru through Kericho to Kisii and to Migori. This is an area which is rich in terms of agricultural products and there is a high population in those areas. So, the Government should start thinking of extending the railway line to different areas. It is really amazing that since we got Independence, we have never extended our railway line. It is about time we did so. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to commend the Deputy Prime Minister for looking into the issue of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund and the Women Enterprise Development Fund. This also includes the Fund for the disabled. I want to say that the youth are the most important investment of any country. We need to pay more attention to the youth of this country. Whether we are talking about education or anything that affects the youth of this country, we must, at all times, in terms of planning, ensure that our youth and women are taken care of. Our women are the ones who take care of our families, countrywide much more than the men. It is, therefore, important that our women are empowered in terms of economics and that issues concerning the youth are looked into to ensure that we invest wisely in our youth. If the youth of this country are not taken care of, they will become useless. They will not be productive as they grow up. Therefore, it is important, as a nation that we take care of our youth."
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