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    "id": 381043,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Karaba",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Dickson Karaba",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to contribute to support of this Motion. This Motion is crucial to the country’s development. It is also an inspiration to students in this country who complete Form Four and move out and wander around, not knowing what to do. Every year, we have a tune of about 400,000 students who complete Form Four education. About 20,000 of these students end up in universities. This means that the rest of the number, more than 300,000 of them, is out there not knowing what to do. Therefore, if this Motion is passed, it will be an avenue of helping many youth move to the NYS and get trained to acquire skills that are necessary for industrial development in our country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we note that skilled manpower is lacking in many areas. When we have to develop some projects, the semi skilled manpower is a very important requirement. We have not been able to train our population in certain skills which can only be acquired at the NYS. It is important for us to also consider the people who will train those admitted to the NYS. We need to be careful on how skills will be imparted. We need to get the correct way of training the trainers so that they are not seen like the military type. They should be seen as having a scholarly attitude so that they do not scare away the youth. In the past, the NYS was dreaded by the youth as a den of committing the youth to hard labour. We need to develop a curriculum on who will be trained. The trainers should be experienced graduates who can teach in high schools and universities. The students who leave the NYS should not be seen as people who have just acquired manual skills. In the past, recruits of the NYS were trained on how to construct roads, bridges and so on. Anybody can construct roads. It does not require a lot of knowledge to do this. However, if we can include some engineering, electrical or mechanical aspects, this will attract the youth. After this, it can be a requirement that any employer willing to employ should, first of all, employ a graduate of the NYS. If this is a commitment by all employers in our country and more so the Government, this will attract serious people and we will have a good labour data bank which can be used in developing many projects. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have had a chance of visiting Malaysia with a committee in 2004 and what we saw there was wonderful. The capital city of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, was designed by students. They were the ones who decided the kind of roads and bridges to be erected. They design and come up with very good architectural work which is then used by the Government. The students are given a chance to evaluate their skills. These are the skills that generate very good projects which are enviable. If we can do the same in Kenya, where the students who come from the NYS acquire skills, especially specialised skills, this can develop our country. We will end up not using a lot of money hiring foreign labour. That is one area where the Government uses a lot of money. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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