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    "content": "We will not have to be in the main towns of Nairobi, Mombasa or Kisumu counties to witness real development. This is the right time for this. Many people are realising the importance and context of devolution and want to play a part in the process within their counties. That is very critical. This whole context of discipline and doing the right thing comes at a time when we must admit that our institutions are breaking down. Let us start with the family, values of the family, the role that the family plays and the time that the family allocated to the youth which has reduced over time. You will find that many youth end up in drug habits and feeling isolated. They develop a culture of apathy and feel completely lost. Therefore, this training will be very critical for any youth, so that they have a vision and direction for what is important in their lives. Educational institutions are now focusing on the formal aspects of education and not the extra curriculum they did before. Therefore, various lessons that are very critical which our grandparents and aunties gave us are not being given any more. Nobody is doing that anymore, including the religious institutions. In the context of these institutions not creating a space for the youth, the NYS should be anchored as an institution that can begin to save and reduce on the breakdown that has happened in various institutions in terms of creating employment over time. Madam Temporary Speaker, I think the other amendment that suggests that the national security organs shall give priority to members of the service in recruitment is key in the sense that we will be building up on a system that is already in place. As the recruits go through the NYS, they are already put in a position where they have been trained, they know about discipline and, therefore, it becomes easier for them to sieve in and be able to join the other national security agents. The training is already inherent; it is only that it needs to be upgraded. For example, in the NYS you are not going to be trained how to use guns; you are only going to hold the spades, but then at least, you already know about the marching, the commands, the respect in terms of authority within the system and, therefore, it makes it a lot easier for you to fit in because you are already part of the culture. The value of patriotism which is instilled through NYS programmes would already have been built up and that means that by the time these youths go into the national security organs, they already have that background. Madam Temporary Speaker, having said that, it is very important in the light of equity and proper distribution that right from the beginning, the recruitment at the NYS should take into consideration gender, regional and ethnicity aspects. It would be a sad day in Kenya if those aspects are not taken into consideration. We will have a problem when they have to move into the national security organs. As we make this amendment, we should be very specific and particular that the qualifications and the criteria for joining the NYS across the various counties has to be upheld so that we do not find any sort of redistribution tendency into the national security organs. That might create a problem in the near future. That training should be focused towards them moving into specific places. There is need for specific values. You can know a country from the way the people behave. If somebody lands in Kenya and sees the drama on the roads, he will 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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