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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, we cannot run away from this. The earlier we do it, the better for us. Sen. (Prof.) Lanyangapuo is one of the greatest brains of this country and this Senate has been endowed with such brains. As we listened to him when he was moving this Motion, I could see the passion in him because he knows where the lock lies. I think it is time we listened and also dealt with the skeptics. A few weeks ago, together with the Committee on Devolved Government, we visited New York State. We went to the County of Albany and the County of Schenectady. We also visited one very important arm of Government there; that is, the Centre for Information Management (CIM). I think what ails us, as a country, is the fear of not performing. At that time when we were visiting, it was the time when there was a shutdown of Government in the US. In fact, the director of this CIM, which is responsible for coming up with systems of implementing and monitoring in the whole New York State, told us “Do you know that out of ten, eight fail?” I think one day after that, the “Obama Care” was launched and it failed to a very great extent because it was overloaded. We lived through the whole experience there and we saw the President come out to explain that really it was a technical hitch and someone was working on it. So, why are we, as Kenyans, so afraid failing? I was looking at America, with the millions of people that they serve--- Why are we so afraid of trying out things? After all, if it fails, then we can do it better another time. It is time we reduced these skeptics in this country because you can only tell that it cannot work after you try it out. I think it is time that we went that way. Madam Temporary Speaker, I know that some of the sectors are really trying. I have even seen the energy sector in terms of training; they have partnered with the development partners that are sponsoring some of these things to even train geophysicists in some of these special careers abroad so that they can see what is going on in the other developed countries. But it is time we build this as a culture so that we should not wait until I have a geophysics degree from Chiromo Campus, then I am picked to be taken for a crash programme in New Zealand, because they are doing better than we are. I think it is time that we integrated this right from the beginning and, that way, we will talk of standardization and giving every person an opportunity. It is not that I need to be an “A” student or that I need to write and cram an exam very well. Maybe I am very good in technical work, but I do not know how to cram law. It is time we gave opportunities to the young people of this country. Madam Temporary Speaker, knowing that one of the functions of the counties as per the Fourth Schedule, is village polytechnics. As the policies are being developed, they must also be brought on board so that we integrate them in the policies. Developed countries like China, Korea and Japan have gained very much from certain innovations. Earlier, as we were talking about the Motion on Agriculture, we said that if we could conduct research, then we would know what breeds can do best where. We would contribute to the efforts of the Government in reducing poverty. I support this Motion and hope that we can actualise this. Let the idea in this Motion not end here. Children should grow up knowing that this is a changing world. We have to keep on changing the world. Otherwise, we will not survive in this global village."
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