{"id":805294,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/805294/?format=json","text_counter":108,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. (Dr.) Simiyu","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":141,"legal_name":"David Eseli Simiyu","slug":"david-eseli"},"content":"Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. While I would like to support what the previous speaker said, there is a disservice that has happened to the Kenyan youth through this Ministry. Article 10 of the Constitution, as well as the Public Finance Management Act, provide that any public officer who is supposed to spend any resources of the nation must look into the issue of equity. The youth service programmes in this country right from the last Parliament, have disenfranchised a very large number of youths in this country as if they do not pay taxes. The NYS programmes have been carried out in some constituencies and not others. That is discriminatory and unconstitutional yet this matter still continues. Even as the pilfering goes on, there is an unconstitutionality being propagated. It is important that this Ministry be aware that if they continue with that unconstitutional action, some of us might be forced to move to court and stop the whole matter going on. Youths in other constituencies deserve the same. They are also Kenyans, their parents pay taxes and they should be part of the programme. They should never be discriminated against. Instead, the NYS has been used as a political tool in the sense that the youth are recruited to propagate a certain political thinking. It is wrong and unconstitutional and the Ministry should wake up."}