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    "content": "They can grow vegetables, mushrooms and a lot of other things and make a lot of money but they look down upon certain jobs. We cannot afford to do that simply because we are educated. Indeed, quite a few university graduates have now seen the value of farming and they are making a lot of money. Madam Temporary Speaker, so the NYS is very important in developing the minds of these youth and preparing them for their future. There are many other areas and not just the NYS that can support our youth. There is the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). In the Act, we passed that certain funds can go to youth programmes and environment where they can be trained to take care of the environment. We still need to plant a lot of trees in order to have enough forest cover and I would also urge – I know the CDF is not in the hands of the Senators – our Members of Parliament to allocate certain amounts of that money to support youth programmes. We also need sports programmes to occupy our youth. We can also use those funds. I think the Senate has a role to play because they oversee what is happening in the counties with the county money. We should encourage the governors to make sure that there is enough money put aside for youth development. We should not just depend on the NYS and only focus in one particular area. There is a policy to even give contracts to the youth for procurement. We need to conduct courses to introduce the young people to businesses. So, the NYS should relook at their curriculum and see how best they can prepare these young people engage in technical fields so that these policies can be put into use. The Government can come up with very good policies, but we have also to prepare those who are supposed to take up these services. Madam Temporary Speaker, I know that the women and youth funds worked during the Coalition Government’s tenure. It might not have reached everybody, but it reached quite a lot of women. There were areas where it may have been misused or did not reach the right people. It is our job as gatekeepers to also watch those areas. We want to encourage the Government to impart skills to the youth and women groups even when they channel the Kshs6 billion. They should utilize and account for this money so that it can add to the development of this country. With those remarks, I support."
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