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    "id": 808987,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kimilili, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Didmus Mutua",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Didmus Wekesa Barasa Mutua",
        "slug": "didmus-wekesa-barasa-mutua"
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    "content": "things that we need to understand. The military does its recruitment countrywide to ensure that what they are doing is transparent. Even as we say that they give the first priority to the NYS graduates, it must be done in a manner that the NYS graduates are recruited either from their districts of birth or from districts where they live, so as to ensure that the whole process is transparent. Maybe, they need to harmonise part of the syllabus for physical training so that they can ensure that whatever that trainee goes through meets some level of standards as required by the KDF. As I support this Motion, the NYS must also carry out its recruitment in a transparent manner to avoid a scenario where we get individuals from one particular region who benefit from this military placement. It is an interesting matter. It is a Motion which all of us need to support and try to beef it up so that it gets more objectives aimed at benefiting many Kenyans. The KDF is a force for this country and their recruitment must be felt in every corner of the country. I also want to agree that those NYS recruits at times cause security scare. It does not make sense to train a person through paramilitary and, at the end of the day; you do not give that person a job. The person can become a criminal. As we say that the military should give first priority to the NYS graduates, we are not trying to make them discriminate. The military have their own qualifications which they look into when they are recruiting. The NYS, looking at the bigger picture, should not discriminate because we have other Kenyans joining it specifically to acquire skills that are necessary for them to be employed in civilian institutions. This law should not give NYS the liberty to tighten their recruitment qualifications and lock out other Kenyans especially women and people living with disabilities who seek to acquire skills that they can use to earn a living elsewhere. That is what we should do as we support this Motion. It is a very good Motion. We support it. It will also give Kenyans interest to apply to join NYS. There are very many Kenyans who are not interested in joining NYS because they know it is not important for them. But when we pass this Motion, very many young people of this country are going to be interested. They will apply to join this paramilitary training centre. As we progress in future, we will bring in some amendments so that it becomes a very good law for this country. Thank you."
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