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    "id": 189901,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/189901/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ngugi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 112,
        "legal_name": "David Mwaniki Ngugi",
        "slug": "david-ngugi"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Vote for this Ministry. This is one of the most important Ministries. We have other older Ministries, but in terms of posterity, and the importance of the future, this is the Ministry. If you look at our statistics, most of the people who are considered the youth are the majority in this country. I want to say that the Minister for Finance did recognise that in allocating Kshs7.2 billion to this Ministry. That is Kshs4.1 billion for Recurrent Expenditure and Kshs3.2 billion for the Development Expenditure. I want to say that this Ministry has a very wide mandate, if it has to shape the youth of this country for the future. I would want us not to look at it narrowly only with regard to the employment of the youth of this country. In my view, this Ministry should spearhead the building of the character of our youth, so that tomorrow we have a citizenry that is of good contact, have values and have ambitions that can move this country forward, once we, who are seated here, are long gone. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to say that this Ministry should move to schools and support boys and girls scouts clubs, which teach the youth patriotism, hard work and good values of life. So, this Ministry should broaden its vision to seeing that the youth are responsible for the July 10, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1775 future of this country. We all say that the youth of this country is a time bomb. I do not look at it that way. I do not look at them that way. I look at the youth of this country as a resource that needs to be directed and guided for the productive purposes of this country. If we look at them as a time- bomb, then we are already negative, but if we look at them as a resource that we need to guide and marshall, then we will be doing justice, not only to this Ministry but also to the youth of this country. Even the amount allocated to this Ministry, maybe it could be good for a start, but this is a Ministry that ought to have been allocated Kshs15 billion. Look at the Kshs900 million that was allocated for a road in Tana River. We are told that the youth will be used to construct the road. Kshs900 million can only construct 18 kilometres of road at Kshs50 million per kilometre, and can only construct 118 of gravel road. How many youth can we take to Garissa to construct that road? That is a joke. That is why I am saying that this Ministry ought to be allocated more money, because it is such a central Ministry. It is an important Ministry, yet we are wearing blinkers and not seeing that this Ministry---"
}