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    "id": 866433,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Prof.) Jacqueline Oduol",
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        "legal_name": "Jacquiline Adhiambo Oduol",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I support this Bill. I congratulate the drafters and the Committee. Looking at the process of legislation, I remember what struck me when joining the 12th Parliament was that law-making is about considering the conduct of society. It looks at that conduct in the past. It seeks to look at a particular problem in the present. Most importantly, it seeks to speak to the future by laying down rules or what we would determine as the desirable conduct of the society. As I support this Bill, I am particularly challenged. I heard the Mover, Hon. Duale, talk about the tradition of patriotism. Looking through and listening to what the Members have contributed, it is clear that the Bill as drafted has potential. We need to take note that when we think of the tradition of patriotism and see the way in which it becomes a vehicle through which our youth will develop the sense of national ethos, they will, in a way, begin to take seriously the values of integrity, hard work and character-building. We must acknowledge that we are at a point in time in our country where the NYS scandal is still more or less a defining brand when we talk about the NYS. As indicated in the Bill, it is very important that we begin the journey of creating a tradition of patriotism by remembering that a value is a belief that guides one’s choices and actions. Core values are beliefs that a given group of people, in this case, Kenyans, hold highest and which guide firm actions and not just flimsy statements or rhetoric, which are seen to unite the citizens and define what we see as our country. It is for this reason that I hope that one of the core actions that we need to take seriously is to bring to book those that we are aware did not do justice to the resources that were available for the NYS. In terms of the programmes and the target group, if we define the group as young people and more or less leave it open as voluntary, we might want to do some benchmarking with what happens in other countries which would also help us to see what our end-game is. We might be leaning more towards how graduates could be incorporated into the disciplined forces. However, listening to the experience of those who had gone through the earlier programme and bringing to book my experience in teaching and linking with young people, it is important that we do not see the endgame or output only in terms of the disciplined forces of paramilitary training. We need to see how investing in this would bring in different skills, areas of work and ways in which they can contribute to society very clearly and how this can create a defined moral character, sense of integrity and most importantly, pride to be Kenyans. At some point, I took leave of absence to run for political office in Alego-Usonga in 2007. One of my students was quite categorical in letting me know that I did not need to go through the gruelling process of trying to campaign and giving incentives to the people. All I needed was to get a big tender, make a lot of money and live very comfortably. I did what I could to try and get the student to understand that choice is something that comes from one’s sense of what is right and wrong. Each person must lead themselves because we need to ensure 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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