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    "id": 381047,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okong’o",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kennedy Mong'are Okong'o",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very crucial Motion brought by my friend, Sen. Elachi. I support this Motion by saying that time has come for our youth to be engaged in very constructive work. By devolving or creating outlets to counties, the youth will have meaningful work. For example, in my county of Nyamira, there is ongoing construction of Ikonge-Chabera Road. It is surprising that the youth of that area are not engaged because they may not have actual skills. If we had an outlet where there were skilled youth, they would be absorbed in this kind of work. More often than not, we have experienced many disasters in this country, be they fire or road accidents. It takes quite a long time to get rescuers to disaster areas. If we had NYS outlets, lives can be saved. This Motion needs to be supported. We should move all the necessary amendments so that we capture the concept of devolving units to all counties. Recently, I was with some graduates from one of the local universities who had studied marine studies. They went through the in-service training at the NYS. In fact, they graduated the other day after they got the physical fitness training, after what they had acquired in class. That was splendid. I support this Motion so that we move on in this direction. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Cuba has made it mandatory for the youth, from the ages of 15 to 25, to go for in-service training. In those countries, calamities are arrested promptly because there are people who are on standby. When some of us were attending the inauguration ceremony of His Excellency the President, we were driven in buses which are from China. The NYS officers were on board to drive some of us. It is appropriate if these kinds of outlets are set up in counties so that the youth can get employed in hospitals and in road construction. I heard my colleague, Sen. Mwalimu Karaba, say that anybody can do construction of roads. Not anybody can be involved in construction of roads. It is only those who are trained in some specific areas like doing culverts and other areas which require expertise. For some of us who had an opportunity to have some basic training at NYS, even if we were pursuing an academic line, it also assisted us in various areas such as endurance. 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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