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    "speaker_name": "Kanduyi, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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        "legal_name": "Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. You are very right in your observation because we have also been youth. We were where they are and we did what they are doing now. So, what should be appreciated is the fact that, apart from the difference as put by Hon. Babu Owino, we also know a little more than the youth do because of our life experiences. I want to thank and commend Hon. Gideon Keter for coming up with this Bill, which seeks to amend the National Youth Council Act to have it de-politicised by having its council members competitively recruited as opposed to other means posed by election, which involves campaign and politicising the process. It is important that we all acknowledge the fact that a country that does not recognise and support the youth has its future doomed. The youth are an important part and, in fact, are the cream of the society. They are the majority, the elite and are involved in very innovative activities. They are involved in ICT innovations and are expected to lead in many ways. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is a problem I have realised in this Bill, and I would like Hon. Gideon Keter to look at it. If you look at Clause 3, which is talking about amendments, it stipulates at part (a) that the words “permanent secretaries” wherever they appear be substituted therefore with the words “principal secretary”. That is a good amendment because it helps to align the Bill to the current structure, but if you move on to Clause 5 on the composition of the Council, you will realise that part (a) provides for the principal secretary in the ministry for the time being responsible for youth affairs or his or her representative appointed in writing. Then as you move on to part (c), it again goes back to permanent secretary in the ministry for the time being responsible for Finance or his representative, the Attorney-General. Then at part (e) again, the permanent secretary. In part (f), again the permanent secretary and so on and so forth. This could appear like minor mistakes. However, I wonder how they went through. This is a small Bill of just one or two pages. I wonder how the draftsmen in Parliament could move to pass this kind of thing to get to the Floor of the House. You are bringing an amendment to the main Act to the Floor of the House with errors. I want to urge that we should be a little more careful."
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