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    "content": "My apologies, Madam Temporary Speaker. They were not of post-school going age. It was developed when they were still in school. But they came up with something that changed the world. We cannot talk of Vision 2030 without talking of science, research and technology. In fact, when we even look at the numbers of people who are flowing into the job market in this country, by 2030, we are talking about 14 million unemployed young people. Those are the numbers we are looking at. I have said here time and again that this is a time bomb. If we are not able to take care of these young people, it will be a time bomb and one day it will explode and boomerang on our faces. That means that we have to stem out this problem right now. We have even seen children committing suicide because of the way our curriculum has been structured where so much effort and emphasis has been put on passing exams. That means that if the previous day before you do your Kenya Certificate of Primary Examination (KCPE) or Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination (KCSE), somehow, you have a cold or you are not able to study because the challenges of doing class work and the challenges of studying are varying; it then means that you are looking at your whole life going down the drain. We have seen very many children getting stressed because of this over- emphasis on passing a three-day exam. These children are not necessarily gifted in the cramming or application of paper examinations. Some of them would do very well in other fields. We have seen great innovators in this country. We have seen people even come up with a car tracking device or even a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) system using their mobile phones. We have seen someone even boil an egg from a far distance because he just dialed a number of a phone that is in the house. It starts boiling the egg so that by the time he is home, it is boiled. To me, these are the things we should be looking at. The media has really brought them to the fore. We have seen great young men and women who can change this country. Madam Temporary Speaker, indeed, what we have been suffering from is people stealing these ideas. This is because not very many people, like Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale noted, are very keen on having these ideas patented. In any case, not very many of them know how they can go about patenting and making that idea an intellectual property. That way, we have seen people coming up with very good ideas. For example, we have even seen someone come up with a plane. I think it is very commendable for this country because the brains that we have is amazing. In fact, if you look at what we call the “M-pesa revolution,” I think it is a clear demonstration of how far innovation and creativity can go. This innovation was done by one person who sat somewhere. He came up with what has changed how we transact business in this country today. It not only had impact on telecommunications, but it has also spilled over. I mean nowadays you do not have to carry money around anymore, but you can even buy vegetables from the kiosk or from the supermarket just using your phone. 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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