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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mohamed Mohamud",
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        "legal_name": "Mohamud Sheikh Mohammed",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support the Bill because it is very important, timely and contributes to the welfare of our national youth. It will also take care of very important safeguards for the NYS. Youth are the future leaders of our nation. Given they are the future leaders, we must safeguard all their interests. Equipping our youth with the best skills is very important. That is why the precursor of the NYS has begun. That is the reason we are trying to ensure that we have safeguarded all the interests of the NYS. I remember, as my predecessors have said, there used to be a pre-university admission requirement of NYS training. Those were the heydays. This was before the World Bank came to influence with the structural adjustment programmes of the 1980s. This affected various other sectors like health, where I worked in the 1980s. The NYS should be taken back to the good heydays. That can only be done if the restructuring is considered, approved and implemented through a proper legal framework. I support the Bill for that reason. Command and control will safeguard the NYS systems. It will also provide a way forward on how to deal with corruption which may occur in future. Of late, the NYS has been on headlines for the wrong reasons. This is what we want to correct and make it get to headlines for the good reasons. We need to support the Bill. I also want to urge the Budget and Appropriations Committee that slashed off about Kshs6 billion from the NYS budget to return it and forward it to the NYS during the next budget. This should be considered in the Supplementary Budget to support the NYS, so that our future leaders can get the training they require. Obviously, the NYS continues to remain the flagship of our national youth development, which we were all involved in the 1980s. Therefore, I wish to support the Bill. However, before I sit down, I want to say that whenever I go back to my constituency, like Hon. Sofia of Ijara has said, the youth ask a lot of questions. They have not been paid for the work they did last year. We want someone to be held accountable for this. We want answers for this, so we can explain to the youths. I hope the Chair of the concerned Committee is listening to me because we want this to be followed up. Why have the youths who worked hard last year not received their dues? I support the Bill as long as it safeguards the national interests of our youths."
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