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    "content": "However, human beings are not being devolved. What we are devolving are institutions and so we need to take care of our people so that we can have skilled manpower. We need to tap those brains for production of goods and resources. I have also noted that of the people who are leaving Form IV, for example, in 2004/2005, were 277,730. Out of those, only 42,480 joined universities and another 22,704 joined private colleges; tertiary and vocational centers while polytechnics had only 9,431. In total, only 75,000 people were absorbed, leaving 113,000 people unabsorbed into training. In 2008/2009, those who left Form IV were 276,000 and only 104,000 were absorbed, leaving 172,000 un-absorbed. Those people are the ones offering unskilled labour in this country. If they were given an opportunity to move to tertiary and vocational institutions and centers, we could convert that unskilled labour to skilled labour. This will ensure that we increase productivity. By so doing, students who do not get into secondary schools, universities and other colleges will not be tempted to get involved in crime, alcohol and drug abuse. Some of the reasons why they do not want to join those institutions are very basic. Someone will tell you that he will not join a polytechnic even if the Government subsidizes polytechnics because he cannot afford bus fare from a certain place to Kisumu City, Kiambu Town, Thika Town or Nairobi City. Even a basic thing like food will make some not to join a polytechnic because human beings must eat. Students need to eat before they go to school, when they are in school and after they leave school. They will tell you that they will not join those institutions even if education is paid for because they will not cater for their own food. They will, therefore, tell you that they have to go and look for food to eat."
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