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    "id": 536932,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lesan",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wilfred Rottich Lesan",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Let me also take this opportunity to thank the Committee for the work that it has done on this Division of Revenue Bill. I will only raise one point concerning the funds which have been allocated to the National Youth Service (NYS). I think the funds which were allocated to the NYS, which we are going to do proper legislation for, are a blessing for this country because a week ago, we lost many Kenyans. I think we lost the majority of them because they lacked survival tactics. I am sure that every Senator knows that we lost 142 students. If these students had skills, which can be acquired through the NYS training, many of them would have been saved. If those four skinny people had come to the dormitory I was in with other young men, during those years, they would hardly kill ten people. We had the survival skills and would be able to defend ourselves. Through the NYS funds, I think the nation will be able to defend itself through the skills that will be acquired. If these funds are used carefully, we are going to awake this nation which at the moment is fairly careless. If a small bomb explodes here in Nairobi, you will see a lot of people congregating at the scene, hence putting themselves in real danger. They do so because they are not conscious of survival tactics. Therefore, the fact that these funds are there is welcome. I wish they could be increased. I hope that, as Senators, we are going to discuss fully how we can give NYS training to everybody who is 17 years old, before they can get identity cards. We know that this kind of training happens in countries like Israel---"
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