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    "id": 381055,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This country has had a tragedy of dealing with the youth, for which it has not planned in terms of activities and what is expected of them. It is a large group of people, 15 to 35 years old, who are so troubled by various factors. Mr. Speaker, Sir, one of the things that are troubling the youth right now, really stems from the family, which is the primary unit that raises any youngster in this country. Many youth come from broken families and are exposed to drunkenness, drug abuse and lack of self-esteem. Many youth in this country are crying for help. The situation is made worse by an educational system that is very formal rather than informal in certain aspects. It has been stated that, especially in terms of technical skills and considering our Vision 2030 and actually ensuring that manufacturing and agriculture become key sectors, these have been ignored in the educational sectors. That is why Sen. Kiraitu said that at the end of the day, there are all sorts of courses that are being offered. Remember that education expansion has been a good thing. Right from Independence up to now, the level of expansion at primary, secondary and university has really increased over time, both in terms of access to, participation in education and attainment for that specific education that students are taken through. Unfortunately, at each of these levels of transition, very little is done to ensure that, that resource is turned into useful labour activities. So, at the end of it all, we expect students to have gone through university. Remember now that the universities have got both what we refer to as Module I and Module II programmes, that means an expanded set of students who are acquiring skills that they are not really about to translate, to make sure that they get into self-employment. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this country has killed innovation among our young people. There is a story of a young man from Kitengela, who has caught the eye of somebody called Ted Turner, who is the owner of CNN. This young man discovered that by just having lights, you can actually detract lions. Since he had passion to ensure that he 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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