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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank Sen. Elachi for giving me three minutes. A lot has been said relating to the fact that this programme will give our youth skills. It is true that the NYS will give our youth skills because it has been shown that 75 per cent of the unemployed people are the youth. However, 94 per cent of these youth do not seek to be self reliant. They seek employment and hence bring about unemployment. I just want to emphasise something that is not connected to skills. This is something that is very critical if we have to develop. This is character. You may have the skills, you may be brilliant but if you do not have a good character or uphold some values; if you do not subscribe to the values enshrined in our Constitution, you will get nowhere. The NYSs all over the world have been used to mould character that would give credit to the skills that one has received. I remember in Tanzania when universities went on strike, they said that the days of colonialism were better than the days after Independence. President Nyerere took these young people to the NYS to re-educate them on the values of Independence. The same thing happened in Nigeria. We also have village polytechnics and other institutions like technical schools but the value of the NYS is that it also equips the youth with the necessary values that they require. Other than the NYS, as per the circular that came out in 2007, the training must be such that it trains the youth holistically in all aspects. If you train these people holistically and they apply their minds to the training, they will end up obtaining their objectives. Without these characteristics, we will get nowhere. I want to emphasise that I support this Motion not only for the reasons given but also due to the fact that the NYS is where the characters of the youth can be moulded for the good of the counties and the development of this country. I support. Thank you."
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