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    "id": 866434,
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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": "that you do not avoid taking responsibility for your choices because of what is happening around you. It struck me that one thing that our education system was not doing was getting our young people to develop a very clear sense of self-worth, self-respect and self-dignity, but most importantly, the sense that what they do matters. The choice you make matters. It does not require an army of people to make a change. It just requires someone who has a very clear sense of the fact that nobody is just born at a particular time in a given country by accident. I am a strong believer that when we find ourselves in any particular context, especially where we have a voice such as those of us in the 12th Parliament, we must make a change. I told my students that if they find themselves in the classroom or in the programme in the National Youth Service, they need to see that they have been presented with an opportunity to make a mark and be someone that after you are gone - because at some point we will not all be around - you will be remembered for the problems that you solved. You will have created a sense of hope. You will be someone who could stand for what is right. You will be someone that when people look at, they will have a sense of what is right and what is wrong. I am encouraged that the Bill will look into issues that relate to financial matters, especially sources of funding. I am also encouraged that the Bill in Clause 4(f) will ensure that we do not stick to the usual understanding. When we talk about the youth, we tend to think of elections, rowdy groups and demonstrations. Therefore, we only think of the male gender. Usually when we talk of the youth, we do not really think of the females. Most of the time, you will find people talking about young girls. I am quite pleased that in this Bill, we are recognising that when dealing with the youth, we have two genders. I support the Bill. I feel it is very timely. I am, however, a little concerned by the kind of open-endedness as to who the target group is. It is not clear to me whether it is high school graduates, university students or those who have finished Standard Eight."
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