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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. I also want to thank the Secretary General of the “Bus” Party, who is our Chief Whip, for bringing this critical Motion to this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Motion reads: - “THAT, aware that unemployment is one of the major causes of insecurity and moral decadence in this country; noting with concern that the youth, who are the backbone of our society, are the most affected and that as a result many of them have become disillusioned and hopeless; noting further that assisting the youth to access employment would contribute towards the attainment of economic and social rights enshrined in Article 43 of the Constitution of Kenya; aware that Section 13 of the National Youth Service Act, Cap 208, Laws of Kenya, vests power in the Minister responsible for the Service to divide the Service into branches, units and sub-units from time to time; the Senate urges the National Government to take measures to establish National Youth Service outlets in all Counties where the youth who have completed secondary level of education and who may wish to enroll for courses offered by the Service could enroll and acquire necessary skills and further that graduates from the Service be given the first priority whenever the two levels of government recruit, in areas where the graduates are qualified to serve.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, one of the greatest challenges that we are facing in all our counties, without any exception, is in the area of youth poverty, unemployment and hopelessness. I have been involved with the youth since I came to Parliament, way back in 1992, when we formed the South Imenti Youth Development Programme and tried to see what we could do to uplift the rural youth in our constituencies. This is a very difficult problem with no easy solutions, because there is no Government which will come in Kenya and be able to provide jobs for all the youths. Right now, in fact, every Member of Parliament will tell you that the biggest challenge that we have is unemployment. In every home that you will visit today, you will be given curriculum vitae (CV) and told: - “So-and-so has got this and that skill, be it “O” Level, degree, et cetera.” The problem is big. We are not creating jobs at the same pace as the way people are graduating from universities. Universities, secondary schools and primary schools have mushroomed, but job opportunities have not. It is for us to be very innovative otherwise, we are going to create a very hopeless and dangerous society where people cannot survive. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think that the focus that we had of the National Youth Service (NYS), where we targeted university undergraduates, was wrong. This is because the undergraduates took it as punishment and many of them ran away from Naivasha. We have very many other youth who really need this service. There are those who get a mean 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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