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    "content": "National Youth Policy. In the absence of that, the policy is dormant, ineffective and it will not benefit the large majority of this country. Paralyzing this Council means killing the expectations, hopes and focus of the youth of this country. This country, it is unfortunate, creates laws--- This law was enacted in December, 2009, but up to now, there has been no single resource allocated to the National Youth Council. This means that the structures that were supposed to be put in place are still not there. Imagine if this Parliament did not have a functioning Parliamentary Service Commission. There would be no Clerks and other staff. There would be no budget and nothing would be working. Everything would be dead. You can equate that kind of paralysis to the National Youth Council which is now dormant. I strongly support the funding of that Council and fast-tracking of the work of that Council so that the advisory board is up and about. The secretariat needs to be effectively working so that the youth can connect with it. The Council has 15 core functions. Who is performing all those functions? There is nobody and that is why the youth are wallowing in poverty and unemployment. They are trapped in negative practices. I come from Wajir County. The youth there are recruited and motivated to join those criminal groups like Al Shaabab. This is because their opportunities have been killed and there is no institution that advocates for their concerns. The institutions that they have struggled to get for a long time have not been forthcoming. This struggle has not borne any fruits because the Government has denied the youth resources. The key task of the National Youth Council is to develop integrated national youth development plan. This is not happening because the Council is not active and the Secretariat and the advisory board are not there. There is nothing present except a shell of an Act of Parliament. As Members of Parliament, we will not tolerate that. The youth are our children, voters, constituents and citizens of this country."
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