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"content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to support this Motion and also thank hon. Njenga for bringing it forth. Issues concerning the youth have been properly addressed now in the Constitution. Article 55 mandates the State to take affirmative measures to ensure that the youth access education and training. As such, this Motion seeks to actualize what our Constitution states. I have several reasons for supporting this Motion. For so many years, the attitude of the citizens of this country has not been the best. It has always been considered that those who fail to make it to secondary school are failures. My position is that if proper funding is availed to the youth, it will take care of the wrong attitude that has been in existence for quite some time. Once this Motion is passed, I believe the attitude of most people in this country will change and everybody will be there to support the youth. If this Motion is passed and implemented for that matter, we will be taking steps towards promoting the talents of our young men. I agree that not everybody in this world is an âAâ material. There are those who have a passion for other things. There those who can do carpentry or tailoring at their best. We also have good masons. Once the polytechnics are properly funded and things go on well, then we will provide an opportunity for our youth to realize their talents. Besides that, we are also looking at creating employment. Most of the courses that are offered in our village polytechnics take about two or three years. However, by the time a student is in his second year, he is able to do a few things. Now that we have control of CDF money and others, we should use this opportunity to give work to the youth in those polytechnics. It will not be right for us here to just shout and yet, the youth who have proven to be good in carpentry are not given an opportunity to make furniture"
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