{"id":805292,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/805292/?format=json","text_counter":106,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Dido","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":2749,"legal_name":"Col (Rtd) Ali Rasso Dido","slug":"col-rtd-ali-rasso-dido"},"content":"I want to contribute on the allocation to the State Department for Public Service and Youth. In recent days, we have seen theft, pilferage and a lot of losses in the name of the youth to the tune of Kshs8 billion. If more investigations are conducted, the losses could be much more. All of us have been elected by the youth. Majority of our voters are the youth. The money that is held up at the national Government should trickle down and help our people, particularly in the area of devolution. This will make counties more responsible in looking after the affairs of the youth in a more focused manner than what we see happening at the National Youth Service (NYS). In the media, there are those who are suggesting that we do away with the NYS. That is not the answer. We must restructure the running of the NYS so that funds - if allocated - can be properly adjudicated on programmes and we can quantify what numbers of youth are helped."}