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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Shakeel",
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is the learning process that we need. It is the fact that we stop education. It is what type of education we give to those children who may not be inclined towards intellectual advancement. That is what we are talking about. My brother, hon. Nyamweya, brought the other issue of compulsory NYS training. I fully support his idea. There should be compulsory NYS training for all youth between the ages 16 and 18 years. No excuses should be given not to take courses in NYS; whether a child is from a well to do family or a pauper family. Furthermore, truancy rates in Finland, Sweden and Norway are very low. This is not because there are no dropouts. It is because they have safety nets for those dropouts. We have no safety nets. We even have many graduates on our streets. They do not have formal or informal employment. We have no safety nets for Form Four leavers who do not qualify to join universities. So, private organizations are now fleecing them a lot of money. They are taking advantage of these Kenyans. We need technical training in this country. This is the only way we can achieve Vision 2030. We must have technicians and engineers to drive this economy. The engineers must be supported by technical people. We must have mechanics. We must have people who have technical training and certification of trade. Hon. Bishop Wanjiru talked about certification of our carpenters. If she has nothing to do with carpenters, I would be very willing to take them to Kisumu. There are few opportunities for carpenters because of lack of certification. We need certification for them. If you are a good carpenter, you will be issued with a certificate. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to oppose this Motion."
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