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"content": "have been doing at that time, if you can afford, is watching television. Those who are very lucky will play games, but a majority of them do not have any games or televisions. They wake up in the morning either, to go and stand at the bus stand to wait and see if they can be given some small job, or, even just ride in a matatu, to feel that they did something. That is how they end up also getting into a lot of challenges and crime. This is because he entered a matatu and sat with somebody who was going to work. When he looks at that person who has a nice phone, he is tempted, because he has nothing and maybe he did not even have a meal. Therefore, he is tempted to take that phone, so that he can sell it very fast; either to go and enjoy himself or even get food for his parents at home. Madam Temporary Speaker, when you look at Nairobi and many other urban cities today, we are getting more scared. Last week, there were nearly 1,000 young people aged between 16 and 17 in a disco in Jam Rescue, Nairobi. Maybe one of the challenges is the teachers’ strike that is ongoing. But what was very interesting is when the police came and they were all caught----. Last week, we passed a Motion and said that we need to look at also those who own those clubs. The owner was not arrested, but the youth were thrown into the police vehicles and taken to Industrial Area. I remember Churchill was live on air the next day saying: “Can people go and release them on bond, so that these young people can come out before they even learn what is happening there?” This is because we have no place to take these young people. We have finished even the grounds that were there for recreation; where young people would go and do something. Madam Temporary Speaker, I intend to push this Motion to the Government to make it a Bill, so that a polytechnic can be put up in every constituency. What we lack is the special skills that the NYS normally give to the young people. When you look at the training undertaken by the NYS, you will find that it produces very good mechanics, electricians and carpenters. Therefore, we can copy whatever is happening now in the NYS and spread it to the counties by establishing an NYS college in every county. This will target those who finish Form Four but do not qualify or cannot afford to join universities. Maybe, one of the things that we have not asked ourselves is: Do we have a policy that can tell us that for the last 20 years Constituency A has been able to see young people join NYS? As much as they tell us that, for example, 10,000 youth have joined NYS, it is left so open that you might find that not many people from some areas in this country are benefiting. Therefore, Madam Temporary Speaker, if we are talking about equality - equality means that in every county, we have such an institution that will help young people to join any recruitment that the national Government brings in so that you know there is already an organized team willing to work for the country regardless of where they come from. Also, it embraces what we can say today is the challenge of ethnicity; by ensuring that after that, if I move from county “A” and I was in the National Youth Service (NYS), I will find somebody in Mombasa with the same teachings and values that I was given there. Therefore, it also harmonizes us and makes us more effective; it removes the issue of ethnicity completely because in the end, we are saying that you are recruiting into the national Government – which is the police, the army and any other arm of the 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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