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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to thank the Assistant Minister and the Government for their positive response. I also want to thank all the hon. Members for their contributions. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, John F. Kennedy once said that the future of any nation is directly proportional to the leadersâ investment in the youth of that nation. I believe that what is happening in Tunisia and Egypt today can happen here or anywhere else for as long as we fail to recognize the problems or crisis situations within our society. The cause of the riots and the problems the Arab world is facing today is because of the failure to recognize crisis situations that were building and affecting, particularly the young people of those nations because of unemployment, rising poverty and the cost of living. Today, we have an opportunity. We need to formally recognize the boda boda as a sector of our society and a very important industry that is providing employment for our young people. From todayâs debate, I see that recognition. From the Governmentâs response, I see the goodwill necessary to ensure that this is done. We need to have a paradigm shift in politics, that is, from power politics to politics of empowerment. When we talk about boda boda as politicians, we remember campaign times. This is because we hire as many of them as we can and we give each one of them Kshs200. They escort us to our political rallies and sing our praises. However, the time has come now to have that paradigm shift. We need to move from showing how powerful we are by hiring so many"
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