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    "content": "should learn from Korea to see whether we can offer scholarships, take our students to Korea, Malaysia and other Asian Tiger countries so that they can come back and teach other Kenyans so that we can be seen like we are scientific oriented. Mr. Speaker, Sir, what you see in South Korea and Malaysia and other countries out there is very different from what we are practicing here. I think there is a lot of talking here; we talk a lot about what we have seen but there is very little implementation. So, the lesson here, therefore, is that we have to implement what we have seen so that we do not keep on always going and reporting. That is why we are tabling this report. In Korea, it has been noted, that a lot of investments have been done on education. The students are selected after going through a lot of scrutiny. Talents are identified at an early age and nurtured by the government. By the time they get to the examination level, they are already assets to the country. That is different from what we do here. The moment students from these countries achieve high academic standards, they are seen as achievers in their own country and as such, honoured by their governments. Their education is paid for and they get a sense of belonging. Here, as soon as someone succeeds and is offered employment in a different country, he or she rarely comes back home. In Asian countries, people stay and work in their countries. The level of patriotism in South East Asia and more so, South Korea, is higher than that of very many African countries. When it comes to using nuclear as a source of energy for economic development, these people are very diligent because they use what they do not have. It is true that they do not have so many minerals. They import some of the minerals from Africa. We are in Africa and we can import some of these minerals from South Africa. Uranium and Radium are used to make nuclear bombs and nuclear reactors that produce the nuclear energy that South Korea has used. South Korea has very many sources of energy which we do not have in Kenya. You will find that they have a lot of gas which is generated out of hydro electric power. They also use tides from the Indian Ocean to generate power. In fact, they have several alternatives towards industrial development. In Kenya, those things are lacking. We are not capable of developing half of these things. If a report could be proposed and we implement, at least, half of what is there, then Kenya would move forward. Let us recognize those people who are talented. Let us come up with school programmes that recognize bright children. This has happened in Rwanda and also in a technical institute in Kigali. The Rwandese has come up with one polytechnic which is unique. They are training their people in courses which are rare in Rwanda. In Tanzania, there is a school called Buru near Arusha. The school trains very many students in that country. The same should be applied here in Kenya so that we have skilled manpower which is wanting in our country. I support the report. It is good. If we could borrow what is in the report, then we would have skilled manpower. We would train physicists, astronauts and give them salaries which would make them competitive internationally. We are going to have shortage of skilled manpower which is used to start up industries. That way, Kenya will not be an industrialized country. That is why we had to go all the way to South East Asia to borrow ideas. 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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