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    "content": "retirement age but at the end of the day, we will be deploying security officers to our counties to fight the same men who are our voters. With regard to issues related to the National Youth Council, we held elections up to the constituency level. From there, some few politicians influenced some youth to go to court to challenge the election. A number of youths were organized at that time. Those who were in court knew very well that if the youth united, they would cause problems. So, this issue was done away with by the court. So, as we talk here, I am not sure that we are ready to address the issue of youth unemployment. These are the people who voted for us to be here today, the Upper House. This is at the expense of young people who are dying of poverty. Today, our counties have said that they will give contracts to the young people. However, the challenges that will be faced include the procurement procedures. The procurement procedures in place do not allow the youth of this country who do not have experience and have not done anything else to succeed. They have not worked for any other company. If we are serious, we should change the procurement procedures so that our young people at the counties are given contracts and start working. This country is not so poor to the extent that it cannot support its people through employment and by giving them new ideas so that they create employment for themselves and others. The biggest problem in this country is unemployment. Money intended to go to young people cannot be accessed by those in need. This is because of the poor leadership that was in place. I want to make this clear to the Senate. We are here to represent the issues of the counties. I want to request the Government and all of us to unite and fight corruption. Any money allocated to the young people should go to the young people. The National Youth Service (NYS) as proposed by the Mover of this Motion can play an integral role in ensuring that young people are empowered and that they can employ themselves and others. The NYS should come up with programmes that are in line with the needs of the counties. As we all know, all our counties need expertise, ideas and skills that come from the polytechnics and the NYS. I want to urge the Government and the county governments, as one, to come up with good programmes tailored to the needs of each specific county. At the end of the day, when these people graduate from the NYS or other technical colleges, they can access employment in their counties. With those few remarks, I support this Motion."
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