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    "content": "opportunity to become something in life. At the moment, our youth are desperate; they feel that there are no jobs and that there is nobody training them. Madam Temporary Speaker, since the Government announced this year that training in national polytechnics will be free, we have seen that our people have now woken up. This means that there are others who are looking up to their parents, but they cannot ask for money. Therefore, they are desperate to be somewhere. We can begin with cheap technical vocational courses, like the fantastic salon that we saw today which was completely full, yet the investment is not that expensive. It is how we process it, but I support that we need to allocate some money for these conditional grants. Madam Temporary Speaker, I still ask the Committee on Finance and Budget whether the money has really followed the functions. Have we released money that is commensurate to the functions devolved? We need to hear the voice of our Committee on Finance and Budget, so that we can start fighting for what is rightfully in Schedule Four, because we want it to be implemented. For us to implement it, we can even have other technical courses including agricultural courses. Kenya is a signatory to the Maputo Declaration on Agriculture and Food Security, where all countries pledged to allocate a minimum 10 per cent national budget allocation for agriculture. We need to look at how we can implement that. Finally, Madam Temporary Speaker, the polytechnics in Nairobi and Mombasa were not changed to universities; they are technical universities. In fact, a technician can grow and join the Technical University of Kenya (TUK) – formerly known as Kenya Polytechnic – or Mombasa Technical University because they are technical colleges. Thank you for the support. Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move."
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