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    "id": 749392,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "Clause 3(c) states that the object and purpose of the Bill are to present to young people a balanced, non-competitive programme of voluntary activities which encourage personal discovery and growth, perseverance, responsibility to themselves and service to their community. It is important for us. I want to credit a very young Kenyan named Nicodemus Mwendwa who is currently managing Kenyan football. For the period he has managed football activities in the country, we have seen the strides the Football Kenya Federation has taken. This is a Kenyan who, within just one year, has improved the level of football development in the country. This very young Chairperson by the name Mwendwa has done great. These are some of the people that we need to think about and award. The chairperson of the board will be appointed by the President. As you appoint a board chair, the youth should be considered. We also need to have youthful leadership within the board. The board should be composed of members with a lot of experience in resource mobilization, governance, planning, research, advocacy and public administration. It is a good combination. The Cabinet Secretary can look around the whole country to find people with those qualifications, notwithstanding the constitutional provisions of trying to spread the composition of the board members. Clause 6 talks about the duration and tenure of office of board members. It is important for us to be very careful that the tenure is as it has always been in other laws. Clause 7 is on the functions of the board. One of the functions of the board is to initiate activities that impart positive life skills. We have seen other young skilled Kenyans doing negative things in the country. Just the other day, we had a very young talented ICT expert, but he went down the wrong route of hacking the Safaricom system. The function is to identify important positive life skills and ethical values. It is also important for us to talk about ethical things. It is important for us to plant good seeds in our young people so that they can give us a future. Recently, a study was conducted trying to find out from young Kenyans how they want to get rich. They said that it did not matter whichever way they got rich as long as they got rich. That is a bad direction. We want Kenyans to get rich through the right ways by encouraging them to work hard and be innovative. We have seen very young and innovative Kenyans living good lives. That is what we want to encourage. We pray that the board will critically look at its functions and impact a positive outcome. Next is on the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the board. Just the other day, we had given some young people an opportunity to manage the Youth Enterprise Development Fund. Unfortunately, they landed themselves in some bad places and positions. They were kicked out because of misappropriation of funds. It is unfortunate. We ask that the CEO should be a young person so that he can encourage other young people. We also want to tell our young Kenyans that they need to earn a proper living instead of going through crooked ways. Regarding the staff who will be appointed to this board, their secondment from the public service is a good idea, but we would want the board to have its own staff. In the past, we have had people seconded from the Public Service Commission which was not very good. I did not understand the aspect of bronze, silver and gold. I think an award is an award. Although it gives a rating, it is also good because somebody want to get the highest rating. With those few remarks, I beg to support the Bill."
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