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    "content": "People must celebrate but the celebrations should not be limited to only those who have amassed wealth through crooked methods. Right now we celebrate the richest people whose source of wealth we all know but if they come, we stand up for them. An achiever like Sen. G.G. Kariuki, who has given so much service to this country, if he passes at a place, they will say; “ si huyu alikuwa kwa Serikali tangu siku za Kenyatta nahata hana kitu, angalia vile yuko .” That is how we celebrate one another. So, the Government should focus on these children at birth and when they enter nursery school, there should be a national event to recognize them. Their graduation should become a national event where the President and the governors come to celebrate. A week preceding this event, they should be taught values and virtues. The only celebration we have is when they graduate from university because the parents hire matatus and carry the whole village to the university because there is no more school fees to be paid and these graduates are going to get a job, earn a salary and bring something home. I think this celebration should start at the nursery school level and should be magnified so that these young people grow up knowing that from the President all the way down, they are recognized and attended to. So, if that happens they will know that they have to give back. You know you have to give to the young child until the age of 18 years and then it reverses and they start giving back to the community. So, the principle of input and output applies; garbage in, garbage out; good values and good virtues in, good values and good virtues out. This is what we are getting now. What you put in is what you get. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, therefore, my Motion is not to treat the symptoms. The Youth Enterprise Fund is good and the National Agency for the Campaign against Drug Abuse (NACADA) is trying its best, schools are trying their best but the nation needs to step a little bit back and try to build these young people into nationalists and patriots for them to value their nation. This combines well with Sen. Elachi’s Motion about the National Youth Service (NYS) where after form four, they are taken to the institution so that they can serve their country in various ways. At the same time, these values and virtues should continuously be taught to them. So, when they become graduates, the celebration is already there but not for a person who has television values. One could be watching television but since he or she knows what this country stands for, he will see it as a distant thing. Right now they have brought it close and they are even practicing it. Early pregnancy and crime are things that are happening at an early stage. I beg to move this Motion although I am a bit disappointed that it came at a time-- - I am sure this is touching the hearts of all parents, teachers and managers of this country at all levels. I am a bit disappointed that it came at a time when the senators listening are few. I hope tomorrow, we will debate this. I beg to move and ask Sen. Adan to second."
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