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    "content": "In addition, it is my view that we should not limit this to security organs. It is common knowledge and a matter of common notoriety that the NYS recruits are trained in all fields. In fact, in order to put this Bill squarely in matters county, we should insist that some of our citizens, trained under Section 16 of the principal Act be absorbed into counties. This will reduce the money that counties are spending in training people. This will also reduce the amount of work that counties are expending in looking for people who are trained in the fields that they have been trained. Why do I say so? The NYS recruits have been trained using taxes. There is no reason counties should duplicate this. My proposal would be that once these people are trained in the manner they are trained, they should be given priorities in the fields they have been trained out there in the counties. I say so because in the functions that we have set under the Constitution, we have given the role of youth polytechnics to counties. When these graduates march out with the nice looking spades at the passing out parade with the President, they come out with much more training; more than we have contemplated under Schedule Four. I will propose that Sen. Elachi or somebody else proposes an amendment to Section 16 further to state that the persons trained under the NYS other than having them situated at counties for purposes of national functions, should also be absorbed in the functions of counties, so that we spread our wings to counties and increase the capacity at the county level. There is nothing that would be better than the national Government using the taxes that we are all paying to assist counties by ensuring that people who are trained at that level can be seconded or taken back to counties. Just the same way we have the police and army recruitments done at the county level, these people do not go back to counties. They are trained, recruited and run as if life depends on it. Afterwards, there is not benefit that the counties get other than depletion of young capable people, strong as they are to be recruited at the NYS. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the amendments to the extent that we will also amend or delete the units so that we can then be in conformity with the word “branches” to “counties”. We can then compel, in a nice way, the national Government to set up these units everywhere in the country. We can ensure that these young men and women are properly trained, disciplined and in the manner suggested, proposed, stated in the NYS regulations. This is the way to go in terms of discipline in counties. These are the people we should be placing to man our towns. I want to tell Sen. Elachi, because I have heard her praise the Cabinet Secretary in charge Planning and Devolution that let us have our young people not manning traffic in Nairobi or waiting out there to manage crowds, but let us see pictures of them building bridges, helping old women cross roads, helping the disabled persons cross the roads or go to places where they cannot access. That way, the NYS would be truly a national youth service and would not be what it is now; a national Government service. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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