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    "content": "from that area should then be recruited such that after standard eight, anybody who has not made it to form one is taken there for relevant training. Similarly, those who would not have made it to the universities should be taken there for training which is relevant to their level of education. Those who have completed university education can also be taken there for training if they want. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the county where I come from and the neighbouring counties, we will not say “let us take only those who are educated.” We can also take those ones who are semi-educated so that the people are screened and taken though the changes in life that have come now. For example, if you are a pastoralist, you can be trained to be a better pastoralist through this programme that has been brought by the NYS so that we can have people we can depend on. If we do not pay attention to the evolution that we have where we are churning out students from colleges having learned every course and they are pouring into the streets looking for jobs, it is a very serious disaster that will affect us in the years to come. Everybody has a mobile phone but they do not have any meaningful work to do. If I may give an example, we are just like the person who has a dairy cow and when he gets calves, a good dairy farmer would prepare the calf to either become a good producer of milk in future or a bull. But in our case, we are just churning out students and there is no future that we have prepared for them. We are hanging on to the mentality of those years where we used to say “My child, study and then you will get a job.” There is no job now! So, we need to see how this situation can be changed. I heard the Deputy President say that we are going to build a polytechnic of substance in every county. We should link up all the technical institutions in every county to the National Youth Service (NYS) so that there is a linkage. Did you know that the uniforms for our officers are not made in Kenya? These uniforms can be made by the NYS if the tailoring units are enhanced and if they also revive the industries which have collapsed. This is a way of trying to re-introduce what we are supposed to do. We should not just be a nation that exports a lot of expertise or jobs to other countries and yet we can make use or utilize some of the manpower here. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion and would like to say that the Committee on Implementation should follow up on all Motions passed by the Senate and which touch on the livelihood and future of Kenyans. The Government should be able to implement these proposals in their programmes in future. With those few remarks, I support."
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