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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, back in the 1980s and earlier, when our young people graduated from their A-Levels, it was mandatory for them to join the NYS. As the Mover of the Motion has said, by then, out of lack of fore knowledge, that concept was not given the support that it should have been given. But I dare say today that we know better. The moral fibre and discipline that was instilled in our young people then when they went through the NYS before they joined universities bespeaks a whole volume of the quality of human beings they were made to be through that training. But today, if we look at both ends of the pendulum, youth pregnancies, youth delinquency, crime, alcoholism and drug addiction amongst the youth is on the increase. So, the question that begs an answer is; what has gone wrong between the stages when our young people graduate from being children to young adults? What is the missing link? Why do we have so many of them going the wrong way? Madam Temporary Speaker, a few years ago, I happened to be visiting one of the foreign countries, and there was a royal wedding then. I asked my host: How come two of the only sons of a British Prince would have to mandatorily go through military training such that that by the time they are graduating or getting married, they have been forced to go through a training that is equivalent to what we offer or what we are asking for here in the NYS? I was surprised because, actually, my host corrected me and he told me: “Look even wider; it is every single son of every king in the Middle East and every single first born or child of a ruler, king, president or a leader of a nation in the western countries.” If we would even take an example from a majority of the people who have become presidents in the United States of America, all of them have passed through that training. We should ask ourselves: Why is it that a king would ask his child to go through that training while, on the other hand, they could enjoy all the luxury and benefits of the authority, freedom and money that they have? Madam Temporary Speaker, from that point on, we could start finding the answers that we seek. That training and in between that transition when the child is let loose to become an adult who is responsible for his own actions, it is at that time that unless we instill a certain moral responsibility which is very essential and is brought about subjecting our young people to proper discipline and training as is offered in the National Youth Service (NYS), then we can count on having a responsible young generation. The icing on the cake is that all the training that is offered at the NYS is not necessarily military. We know that the NYS offers several other types of technical training or courses including other lessons that our young people would learn in the institution. Since we have a new dispensation, the Senate and the new Constitution has mandated us to ensure that every benefit that is enjoyed by the people of Kenya is devolved to the counties. It is necessary to urge the Government to see the sense in taking our young people through this programme at the county level. At the county level, after graduating from secondary schools, our young people are absorbed in a myriad of interests but most of them are not necessarily beneficial to the future. If we look at what is happening right now, most of the harambees we attend are for young people who are getting married even before they have matured. Our young people are sometimes pulled 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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