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"content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this Motion. First, the youth of this country are the major contributors of the vote of hon. Members. I am sure that all of us have come here through the assistance of the youth. I would like us to address this matter seriously because a good number of youth, particularly when they leave primary school or secondary school, there are so many dropouts. So wherever you go to every village, you will see a large number of such youth. I remember when I go to my constituency, Belgut, for example and to a market like Sosiot, out of about 30 people who receive me there, 70 per cent are the youth. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, at times you are perplexed and you ask yourself what you are going to do with the youth. When you talk to them they tell you to assist them. Now, how can you assist the youth? This Motion will go a long way in promoting the youth and giving them skills. The youth are very innovative, the way I have seen them when I move around the constituency. I recall that during the campaign time I visited at least two young people who were operating radio stations. I could not imagine how these school dropouts could come up with a radio station. Although it could not cover a large area, at least it covered three to four kilometres. I realized that these people could be assisted financially and trained first, because they had no funds for training. If they were assisted through institutions like the polytechnics, where they would learn science and technology, definitely we would boost their skills in various fields in which they have talent. This country would stand a better chance in future. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, actually, we have bombs in the waiting. If you leave the youth without giving them training, the consequences will be very serious. They engage in anti-social behavour. You will find that, perhaps, the Provincial Administration and other leaders saying that the youth of a given area have caused havoc in one way or another, but it is not the youth; it is us who are failing as a Government to institute measures to promote youth welfare. We should promote them by giving them more money. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I know this Motion is going to be passed, from the mood of the House, nut the question is whether it is going to be implemented. We should resolve that the youth be assisted or financed to train, so that they have more skills. I am very happy with some of the counties. I come from a county where majority of the youth have skills in fields like carpentry, welding, name them. Honestly, I must say thanks to counties like Kisumu, where a majority of the youth are our contractors; this is because Kisumu people invested more in polytechnics. If we visited all counties, we would find a county with only one polytechnic; if they are more than one, then they are"
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