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    "content": "vocational centres must be encouraged rather than being discouraged. Of course, we are talking about a youth whom we must nurture and whom if we do not nurture, we will have problems of them getting involved in drugs, violence, social misbehaviour and lack of self esteem which is critical for their own existence. Whenever we talk about the youth like Sen. Lesuuda talked about, we must remember that they are not a homogenous group. The success stories of the youth that have made it out there and made a contribution have to be brought to the fore. Such youth have to be encouraged so that they can continue to be entrepreneurs. Another aspect of development that has not been touched on is the challenge of what sector to develop. Should it be first, either the social sector or the economic sector? In the incremental model, we develop the social sectors first and we put a lot of focus and attention on education and health components so that we bring these up. These then translate into the economic sector. The residual model encourages first a building up of income so that after that, you can address the problems of the social sector. Many economies cannot do both. For example, in the Kenyan economy where we have a high population, you cannot ignore the needs of the population in terms of health and education. Therefore, it is important to balance that. I contextualize this in the discussion of the laptops that we are having. True, we are trying, at the end of it, to make sure that we develop the social component. One, can it be sustained because we do not want to disappoint our first Standard One students by only being able to do it once? Otherwise we should rethink the model so that we actually build our economic base and apart from that, we can actually address our social needs in a more appropriate way. Therefore, it is very important always to consider the level of development that the country is at and what it implies for the nation. I just want to touch on the problems that many Kenyans have within the families. Security is always a problem. Many families have a problem in even getting food, transport has been a problem for them and then over time, most families have even become discouraged and feel that they do not have a place in this society. We can actually tell whether the economy is declining from the sizes of packets of oils that people use like cooking oil which have become smaller and smaller. So, if we are looking for indication of whether our economy is growing or not, then we can tell from such behaviour which shows that there is a problem with the economy. So, we hope that the policies that are going to be put into place to ensure that we pick up in terms of economic development are actually enhanced. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I cannot leave without commending about the need to empower women and the youth. We have talked about the youth fund and the women fund. When we talk about these funds, it is good to look back and establish what has gone wrong with them and how they can be enhanced. So, we cannot talk about developing them without looking at the limited funds that have been put in place in the first place and the fact that those funds that women take are not enough to spur them out of poverty and actually get them into businesses that can be sustained. The mechanism for paying back has not been put into place and, therefore, most people have been able to get away without paying back and there is limited information. There are women or the youth who do not know about the women and the youth funds and how to actually access those funds. As we know, the sector of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is a sector that covers nearly 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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