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    "content": "Why am I saying that it should be based at the counties? This is because we cannot have our children coming all the way from Turkana or Trans Nzoia to look for these HELB loans or the YEF money. They do not even know where it is based. Devolution is new. We have new Cabinet Secretaries. These children may be coming from the “wrong” counties so that when they walk into the offices of the Cabinet Secretaries, they may not look at some of these children positively. That is why they should go through their leaders because their leaders will make an impact. But if you send a child to the office of a Cabinet Secretary to seek money from the YEF, it is unlikely that this youth will achieve his set goals. Madam Temporary Speaker, the fourth reason is to co-ordinate, advise and support those seeking employment in the public and private sectors as well as provide free career and counseling services. This point also hinges on our universities and even the Form Fours. I think we should have a curriculum introduced, so that as a child prepares to go out, and particularly those who are taking general degrees, know what they are really going to do. You really do not want to take a child through a degree, for example, in Sociology and when they go out there, they find that the market is saturated. The Government cannot employ them because the qualifications they want are very tight. Unless you have experience, you will not be employed. So, I think the Government should be mandated to ensure that the qualifications they are seeking are a bit relaxed, so that they can be friendly to the young graduates. The fifth point is to encourage parents to take their students to institutions of higher learning. If we continue educating our children and, at the end of the day, they cannot find a job, it even discourages a parent. What solution can a parent offer to the children? To restore hope to these graduates, I think the most realistic thing would be for the Government to set up a GEF which will cater for graduates and those with diplomas at the county level because they can easily be accessible. They can be monitored by Senators to make sure they get employment or are given tools to be absorbed into the informal sector. The President, in his inaugural Speech, touched on Kshs6 billion which had been set aside in the Budget to cater for women and youth issues. However, it is not clear whether the Kshs6 billion in the Budget is only what we will get because I feel it is not enough. If the money is still there, since it had been set aside in the 2011/2013 Budget for a run-off, I am suggesting that it be used to jump-start the kitty for the GEF. Under Article 55(c) and (d), it is the responsibility of the national Government to ensure that the youth receive education, are fully trained and have access to employment. So, this Motion is constitutional because it is the Government’s responsibility to see that our youth are fully engaged and are diverted from what they are doing currently which is dealing in drugs, alcohol abuse and prostitution which makes them get infected by the HIV/AIDs virus and other diseases. If we capture our youth, we will have improved the poverty levels at the county level. My other point is that trained graduates should be empowered by being assimilated into the workforce. They should be taken through inductions for one week. If we create jobs, particularly in the informal sector, these will also cater for our unskilled 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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