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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kagwe",
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        "legal_name": "Mutahi Kagwe",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the outset, I rise to support the Bill and congratulate Sen. Elachi for bringing it to the Floor of the House. I also wish to take this opportunity to congratulate the Director of the National Youth Service, Dir. Githinji, for the work that he has introduced there and making it useful to the organization and the country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kenya is a fairly indisciplined society. The issue of a disciplined society begins with building a conscience for oneself which makes you believe that it is always the right time to do the right thing. Even this Senate, when you look at us and see our behaviour, you can see we are indisciplined and we represent an indisciplined society. The reason why I am saying this is because we have just seen an example of indiscipline. It is good for us to criticize ourselves because the nation is watching us and seeing our performance. It is important for us to appreciate, as elected leaders in the National Assembly and elsewhere, we are not doing Kenyans a favour. We are being paid to be here by Kenyans. We are being paid to be in the National Assembly and to be in the county legislatures. Sometimes, elected leaders act as if we are nominated, volunteers to do work for Kenyans. From the outset, I would like to say that we are not volunteers, but employees of the society. If the National Youth Service (NYS) training can inculcate some sense of discipline in those people so that they can grow up to be different from this age that we today, I think it will help Kenyans very greatly. I want to encourage that the NYS be expanded. I also want to encourage and congratulate the President for his initiative to have this national youth training started in our nation. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at our disciplined forces like the military, it is, probably, one of the few disciplined and conscientious institution that exist in our 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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