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    "speaker_name": "Ms. Ndung'u",
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        "legal_name": "Susanna Njoki Ndung'u",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is so unfortunate that the hon. Member is not a member of the KYPA because he is above the age. However, because in politics you cannot have people who are 15 years old, we have included, as young hon. Members of Parliament, those between the ages of 21 to 40. If you are not in that bracket, I am sorry for you. Perhaps, that is why the hon. Member has not been following issues of the youth as he should! Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I really do think that we need to focus more and more on job creation, but also focus on the need to move youth away from crime and drugs. About 90 per cent of our present population is made up of young men under the age of 30. It is time to really move them away. They do not belong in prisons. They belong to good jobs and families. As adults, I think we must mentor them. One of the things that women MPs are doing, for example, is that we are doing a big sister project. We go to girls secondary schools to teach them about how to be responsible adults. I know that I have been accused and the women MPs have been accused of focusing too much on girls; that we are role modelling girls only. However, I have found it very difficult for us to role model young boys. I really think the challenge should be taken by the men. The men in this House, families and in community leadership roles need to mentor our young boys. That responsibility cannot be left to women. Let me encourage all men, including the men in this House, to help the Minister in terms of moving our boys from crime and into better and helpful positions in society. October 17, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4599 Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not want to contribute too much because when we look at the priority strategic areas and what this Government has done, it speaks for itself. When we look at employment creation, which is one of the strategic ares from pages 9 to 12, the Ministry said that they will establish a youth Fund. They have done so. They said that they will create a scheme for foreign employment for young people. They have done so."
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