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    "content": "that we produce enough food for this country. It is shameful that we do not do this. We must get our priorities right. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to address the issue of education. Education is pertinent because a nation that cannot take care of the knowledge of its youth is doomed. Where I come from, many schools do not have even one or two teachers employed by the Government and yet they have a whole lot of students from Form One to Form Four. How do you expect our children to do better if we cannot invest in education? The issue of employing teachers is paramount for good education standards in this country. We must ensure that our youth are educated in the right way. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to comment on the energy sector. This sector has done tremendously well, especially in the Rural Electrification Programme (REP). The Authority is doing a wonderful job and we must fund it so that it meets all the requirements of this nation. Until and unless we have electricity in our rural areas, we might not be able to develop as rapidly as we want. If we want to envisage the Vision 2030, we must have electricity in rural areas. In my constituency, I have about 400 schools and only ten have electricity. It is important that we start directing these issues where our people are. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we must also address the issue of sports. The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is doing good work. It is only that we are under-funding the Ministry. We need to look into this issue because many of our youth are catered for by this Ministry. We must finance that Ministry adequately so that as opposed to our youth engaging in criminal activities, we can engage them in sports activities. They can even grow to international standards. This country is known to have wonderful sportsmen and sportswomen. Until and unless we nurture them and ensure that they are cared for, trained and given opportunity to compete, they will never emerge as international athletes or sports people of this country."
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