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    "content": "does not promote skills and the people we produce are people who come out to look for employment and not people who come out asking how they can use their skills. I, therefore, support this Motion that we should improve these levels of training and get the funds available. Again, somebody said that freebies do not work. I have had the experience of giving grants and loans to women. When we evaluated this, the groups that were given grants had all died while the groups that had been given loans had done well. So, I think something that you are given with the expectation to pay back will work well. So I support this. I want to bring to the attention of all of us – perhaps we all know – that unfortunately, despite the amount of talking we have done; the youth do not believe us because they have not seen the results. When we go back on recess, we should talk to the youth. I am working on a programme with the youth and they keep saying that I will always tell them something but nothing happens. Therefore, we have come to a time when we must reduce the talking; programmes must work. I will ask hon. Njenga to spearhead this and make sure that it becomes a Bill. He should not rest because we have passed the Motion. I do not think that will get us anywhere. I do not think that will get a single cent for the training of the youth. I am asking hon. Njenga to do this because we will support him. He should take this as somebody had taken the issue of the CDF and see how much it has done. Lastly, I can say I am new – someone is saying that after five months we are not new – but four years is a long time to learn. I am worried about the Motions that we bring and pass. On and off we have said from the Speaker’s point that instead of bringing Motions we should bring Bills but even then I know that we have an Implementation Committee. What does this Committee do? In my mind, I think it should take all these Motions, sift through them and say: “These ones we will put into Bills; and for this I do not like the words “urging the Government.” Today we were urging the Government on a point of law. Garbage is a health hazard. There is a Public Health Act; we could even take authorities to court but what we do is urge them. I think the Implementation Committee should take up these matters. They should go through Motions and see what directions they take. They should push the Executive to do them. If we need to go to court to compel somebody, we should do so. If we need a Bill, then it should be so. That is the way we should go if we are not going to be seen to be a talking shop. We sit here and talk and people are watching. Sooner or later they will sit and talk."
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