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    "id": 866454,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/866454/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Maj (Rtd) Bashir S. Abdullaih",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13417,
        "legal_name": "Bashir Sheikh Abdullah",
        "slug": "bashir-sheikh-abdullah"
    },
    "content": "The issue of the NYS graduates being absorbed into the military is a good thing. But if a directive is taken that NYS graduates should automatically be absorbed into the military, what will happen? We might have a situation where only certain sections of Kenyans will join the NYS in the hope that they will be taken directly to the defence forces. As a former military officer and having done recruitment in the field, it is important to say that we should give priority to NYS graduates who show up in the respective districts, sub-counties and constituencies, but not to say that we go to Gilgil and directly absorb the graduates to the military. Military recruitment uses a quota system. It balances communities and regions. So, it needs to be taken into consideration that if you appear in the field, the NYS graduates should be considered, but not wholesale by going to Gilgil and taking all of them. There are certain communities who see the NYS as nothing and will never join it. That means we are going to deny them the opportunity to join the disciplined forces. That is something that needs to be looked into. Even though the President has said that the NYS graduates will be given priority, they should be given priority at the constituency or sub-county levels."
}