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    "id": 498296,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I withdraw and ask Sen. Ndiema that we should not touch Kitale Technical Institute. There is enough land in Trans Nzoia, including Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC) farms. You can appeal to the Head of State and be given a small portion of land to build a university from zero. I saw you have enough money to the extent that you have gone to buy a very tiny little hospital about one acre using a lot of money. Madam Temporary Speaker, I propose that we do a serious thinking on NYS to fill the gap where we have lost it. Look at our textile industries, we used to have 26 industries, but today we only have four. Where have the tailors gone to? We used to train them during the industrial training. The only hope we have now is the NYS. It is the only institution still offering these skills. We need to benchmark and work with India and China where we still have skilled labour. There are very many youths in this country and it would be proper if we put our mind into NYS. I was reading the Session No.1 of 1965, it says that since agriculture is the heart of the economy of Kenya, the NYS was supposed to go to some of the most remote areas to implement irrigation schemes. We had Bura Irrigation Scheme. I do not know what became of it. The Jubilee Government has come up with a very ambitious plan of irrigation one million acres between now and 2017, but who will be working in the canals? Who will be manning these big farms? These skills can only be found if individuals are properly trained. In my county, there are very many productive rivers. If we get the NYS to work with the Governor of West Pokot and other leaders, we can involve the youth actively. We have idle youth who have ended up in petty crime like the banditry in the north rift. We are asking the Government of Kenya to treat the idleness of the youth just like any other problem that has befallen Kenya in other part of the country. We should not use heavy force to the extent that we kill the youth whom we are supposed to renovate. I even proposed that since the NYS is recruiting tomorrow, the first people to be considered 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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