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    "content": "The Motion is advocating that we need to expand the capacity of these children. What we are talking about in primary schools is that, once one does KCPE, there are more than a million pupils and 10 to 40 per cent who get grade C+ in KCPE are the ones who manage to go to university, while the rest are left out there. You need to look after this group, because if you do not, you are courting disaster within your area of operation. That is why they must be absorbed. We also created youth empowerment centres, that when they leave there, they will enter the youth empowerment centres to get more entrepreneurial skills. They should be given money. Women representatives have been empowered with resources for affirmative action. One of the affirmative action is to direct resources towards this level. The Members of the National Assembly have the National Government-Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). They should direct some of these resources to this level. This is a devolved function; the county governments must now have tacit programmes to create favorable ground and encouragement for the children who can go through there. The other amazing thing is that, those who are physically or mentally challenged, can be assessed through vocational and technical training. They can achieve their potential and I know that children with special needs require this type of training; the vocational training, so that they eke their living through this process. Therefore, it serves a multiplicity of interests; from local normal children who are moving through the horizontal line, then vertically they can go to the technical universities and be able to be productive in society. These are the people who produce wealth, sustain the economy and industries. Today, there is so much building going on in Kenya, but where are the plumbers, electrical engineers or electricians? Today, we are doing the Last Mile Connectivity. Where are the electricians who are able to do maintenance when these lines break down? An ordinary citizen at home would not know that an electricity line has broken down, but if you have a simple electrician who is properly trained and who is a certified trained electrician, they can attend to these issues. We are doing a lot of water connections and plumbers will come in place. We are doing a lot of irrigation in our various places in arid and semi-arid areas and these are the people who come in handy. We are engaging in agriculture and these are the people who will be required to be in place. In essence, there is tremendous potential and wealth in this institution and I think if there is any one Motion to be supported, it is this one. I support."
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