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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, the President talked about the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). We have witnessed progress. The railroad has reached Nairobi. Soon we will see the first train leave Nairobi for Mombasa and vice versa. Regardless of all the challenges we have faced, we celebrate that. We also recognise the progress made in the automotive sector of our technical and vocational training. Over the last 10 years, we lost nearly all of our polytechnics. It was felt that everyone ought to go to the university but we have realised that technical skills are important. Therefore, we are back at it. We wish to see young people appreciating this. I hope young people are being trained by the Railway Training Institute (RTI). If they are not doing so, who will provide services in the SGR? Young Kenyans should be eager to go for training in the RTI since they may get employment when the SGR starts its operations. We must encourage them to do so. I will give an example. Nowadays finding plumbers is difficult because young people shy away from undertaking technical courses. The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) has been looking for plumbers but it has been difficult to get even a few of them. People ignored these courses not knowing that it can provide a career. We have many high rise buildings in Kileleshwa, Kilimani but finding a plumber will take a while. We need them, more so due to real estate development in our country. I thank the Republic of Germany for supporting us in the vocational training institutes. I also thank the Republic of Ireland; they are in Kitui offering their support. Similar thanks go to the Republic of Korea. They are funding the Kenya Advanced Institute of Technology to do their first anchor tenant of Konza Techno City. In addition, I thank the President because during this time, Kenya was visited by many Presidents of the world. This opened Kenya for different engagements in the international scene. We also need to look at the security sector. As much as we talk of insecurity within our borders and neighbouring countries - I plead with the Inspector General of Police that the police should appreciate that the days of writing statements and committing a person to prison are gone. It is good to do your investigations and ensure that they are clear; that, when one goes to prison, it is certain that he or she is guilty as charged. Madam Temporary Speaker, on corruption, the journey has been on a rocky path. We celebrate that we have 90 special prosecutors of economic crime as the President said. The Chief Justice has established a special anticorruption and economic crimes unit. The courts can also help us to ensure that we get the statistics. Kenyans will appreciate it. While the story is rosy, Kenyans are interested in figures. The number of cases in the anticorruption court should be clear and those who have gone to prison should be enumerated. Every Kenyan would wish to see this happen. I thank the President for the freezing of assets and the recovery agency that has been set up to ensure that we recover stolen resources. Having done that, Kenyans would also like to know the amount of resources that have been recovered and which departments they have been placed in. This will provide evidence of change from corruption to a better course. Moreover, we thank the President for Huduma Centres. Kenyans are able to get vital services online via e-citizen, iTax and the registry. Digitizing these platforms has 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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