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    "content": "We also need to ask ourselves – and that is why this now comes in again – have we lost our culture completely as Africans, where your neighbour became your sister or your brother. Back then, when our fathers were growing up, they carried the whole community; maybe that is why they were not rich. That is when if you knew very well that the son of so-and-so was not going to school, it was my responsibility, since I was the one who was blessed, to ensure that he goes to school. That also helped because even if I am rich today and my neighbours have children who never went to school and who are all over, they are the ones who will make me fear everyday that they will come to my house when I am sleeping. Therefore, Madam Temporary Speaker, we are saying that the NYS can change this country. When the Government says that they are looking at industrializing this country, this is the one structure that can be used to bring in young people to get the skills which will thereafter enable them to join in the industrialization that we are talking about. That is how it can be achieved. Madam Temporary Speaker, the 33 per cent that have been recruited so far in the NYS is a very low figure; we need to move it up to at least 55 per cent or 60 per cent. We need to ask ourselves, because the NYS will also help the orphans and destitutes--- I remember Uncle Moody when he was the Vice President and we had these young street families; the first thing he did was that he took these young boys, they joined the NYS and, today, they are able to earn a living. But the success was so short lived that after that, when you look at all our towns, so many street families are back. Which means that it is only when you have that commitment, responsibility and passion that, as an individual, you can think and move something. This is also evident in the way the Late Michuki came up with the matatu laws. It is because he had that passion. Since today we have some leaders who do not have that passion, it is time now that we put policies in place so that it is the responsibility of the Government to ensure that when our young people complete their Form Four level of education, they are able to go somewhere and do something with their lives. Madam Temporary Speaker, I just want to conclude by saying that this is something I want the Members of this House to look at across their counties. Let them look at how their young people are. Even during the elections, you would see how they were so eager; they had hope that there is something that we will do for them. Therefore, Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move and call upon Sen. Wamatangi to second."
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