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    "id": 381475,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mugo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 85,
        "legal_name": "Beth Wambui Mugo",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support this Motion. It is a very important Motion and I want to congratulate the Mover, Sen. Elachi, because it is very timely. As we have always said, the foundation of any nation is its youth. We can never realize sustainable development unless we train and model our youths. Indeed, that is what I believe was in the mind of those who started the NYS. As we know, in many other countries, there is either service in the forces where they trained to protect their countries and in others, there is some kind of service that the young people go through. We can liken this NYS to that service. At the heart of our needs, even protection is also a big issue. There is definitely the need to feed our nation. When we look around, you will see that we have the manpower, as one of the Senators said, in these youths. We also have plans to irrigate the country and change from depending on rainfed agriculture to irrigation. We should urge the department concerned that in their plans - and this is a continuation because even irrigation has been going on in the previous Governments – they should plan in a way that will enable us to utilize our youths. I do not believe that the Government is in the business of running big corporations. That is why the Government encourages private partnerships. In this private partnership, we must make sure and encourage that our youths are taken care of. If irrigation is happening in a certain county, the youths in that county must be put to work and not to bring others from other areas. Even as we bring the machinery, we must sure make that the youths are given the opportunity to work so that some of this money is left in that county. In order for these youths to be utilized properly, we, definitely, need to instill discipline and train them and do capacity building. This is where the NYS can give a lot of support especially as the Mover of this Motion proposes, if this will be introduced in all counties. Therefore, I do support introducing this service in all counties so that we prepare the youths to understand the value of work. In the last Government when a policy was made that certain Ministries utilize the youths like the Ministry of Roads, Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources and so on, in some areas including my former constituency Dagoretti, when they were being hired by the District Commissioners, the District Officers and the Ministry, the youths told me that such work is for their wives. For us, we are not going to do that kind of work. Therefore, there is need to educate and inform this youth that all work is dignified and good as long as it is paying and putting food on the table. The big jobs cannot be operational if the other jobs down here are not done. Therefore, everybody is important in whatever job they do. There are no small and big jobs. All work that is readily available should be done. I want to urge the youth to stop looking at these jobs as small. Even farming in their parents’ farms is a good job. 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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