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    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Gladys Wanga",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support the Motion for approval of the nomination of Dr. Francis Otieno Owino as the PS for the State Department of Youth. We had an opportunity, as a Committee, to vet Dr. Francis Owino. He really exemplified deep knowledge in public service and a resolve to change things. We explored with him what he thought around addressing youth unemployment with policy and making sure that the Youth Fund reaches every corner of this country. He had very robust ideas that if he puts into practice will really go a long way in helping the youth. I would like to just state to Hon. Ndindi Nyoro that we also spoke about his age. We discussed with him and told him, “Now that you are outside the youth bracket, what would you do to connect with young people?” He said youth is not so much the age as it is the heart to handle these issues. If you say that a youth has to be the person in charge of youth, then you might be looking for somebody older than Hon. Angwenyi to be the one taking care of the elderly. What I would like to state is that the gentleman is hugely qualified for this docket. One of the most impressive things he mentioned during the vetting process was about the National Youth Service (NYS). We asked him how he is going to deal with fraud and theft at the NYS. One of his proposals appeared like what is going to sort out our problem, which is de- centralising procurement at the NYS. That is so that we do not have all procurement at the national level and having everybody coming to Nairobi. If there is a base in Hon. Millie’s constituency in the Lambwe Valley or Hon. Mbadi’s constituency in Suba, those people should be able to do their procurement for the people they have there. If there is a base in Gilgil, they should be able to do their procurement so that the national level just remains with a small portion. What has been the problem is that all the money is left in Nairobi and everybody goes to carry it with a sack. If that proposal is implemented as he said – I hope he is serious about it – we should see fraud and theft at NYS going down. He is a person with so many years of experience. He is an author of books. I believe he will do a good job. Most importantly, like we told him in the Committee, he has to connect with the needs and experiences of the young people of today. We told him, “Dr. Owino is 53 years old today. Even if you were 30 years old, you might not be able to connect with the needs of an 18- year old because of the differences in needs and style.” We believe he will take up the docket. I congratulate him and hope he does a good job. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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