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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulu",
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        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. Before I say what I want to say, I want to acknowledge some students from my constituency who are just walking out of this Chamber and tell them: “Karibu sana.” Hon. Speaker, I want to support these amendments from the Senate but as I do so I need to go on record with my contributions on these amendments. When you look at these amendments, I think they are not in good faith and the only reason I am supporting them is actually because of the public mood and the hard questions I am always asked when I go to my constituency. Hon. Speaker, for example it is very surprising to see that the Senate could not see the need to have the National Youth Council making a contribution in appointing the national oversight board. No wonder we call them the House of retirees because the youth should have actually been given the chance to offer one or two of their own to the national oversight board. Hon. Speaker, the other thing is when you look at the members of this board, almost three quarters are civil servants and I can say without any fear of contradiction that this committee is likely to suffer what we call bureaucratic capture as it continues with implementation. Hon. Speaker, last but not least is the issue of capacity building. As a House we had done it very well. We had allowed the Ministry of Youth to develop the curriculum, its contents and even standards but we were saying that it makes sense that after they have done the curriculum and set the standards for them to consult the committees we have at the local level for purposes of execution of the training. Look at what has happened; they have removed all that and it is the headquarters which will now do the setting of the standards, development of the curriculum and execution. They can now do whatever they want to do and I think this is really unfair to Kenyans. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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