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"content": "We have counties that have resources. We know that the young people have not been engaged. I believe that the NYS should offer training for young people to understand the different natural resources that we have. We must offer them courses that will help them to manage those resources, so that the future generation can benefit from the same resources. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the most important thing for our country is peace and cohesion. We can do all these things, but if there is no peace, we will not achieve much. This Bill proposes that we should be able to have cross border and cross county movement; young people moving from one county to the other. The Senate would wish to see young people, not just being in an institution, but doing some noble work. For example, the youth in Kibera who are engaged in cleaning up the area; they may be asking themselves: How did we end up having Kibera? Why are our people living like this? This may be a health and environmental challenge. However, to them, it is also an opportunity to learn that if you do not take care of your own space, where you live, you will find yourself in the same pathetic situation. To me, it is a learning process for our young people. I wish the NYS was an institution where both the rich and the poor can live together. That child from a poor background will understand that there is need to get educated. A child from an advantaged background will understand that, indeed, in my country, I need to work hard to remove some of my fellow young people from poverty. From the very beginning, that has always been the intention of education. It is meant to bring us together regardless of whether we sleep on a mattress or not. When we are in class, we are the same. The NYS should provide such a forum. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it should be the mandate of the Government to ensure that both the rich and the poor appreciate each other. They must begin to understand that Kibera is not just there for the poor, that it is a place where we need to learn a lot of lessons from; not just lessons of tourism of poverty, but beyond that. It gives us an opportunity to start understanding our country. This is the same way that if, for example, I live in an area where people practice agriculture, I should visit Pokot to learn and understand how pastoralists live and what they go through. When I go back home, when I hear somebody talking about that community, I will tell them it is not their wish that this or that happens. We need to have alternatives. I want to thank the Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and Planning, Ann Waiguru, for doing her best. I also want to thank those who are under the team of Mr. Githinji. We are hearing of the NYS all over, they are doing something. It is not like the old days when we could not understand whether the institution was still there. We want to see the critical equipment that they have. They have the best equipment that everyone needs for water drilling and so on. The equipment is now being used, it is not just kept somewhere in a warehouse. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I conclude, I want to thank the legal advisors and the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare because they went through the Bill, ensured there was public participation. They have incorporated every word that came from the public. I know there are different challenges, but as we amend the Bill, we must ensure we also look at it in a way that can help. This is just the beginning. If there are other 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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