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    "speaker_name": "Hon. M’uthari",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph M'eruaki M'uthari",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support this Session Paper and also the recommendations of the Committee. This is a very important Sessional Paper given the fact that it gives the guidelines as far as training and industrial attachment is concerned. This should have been developed earlier before we came up with the Bill, which I think is now an Act - the Kenya Qualifications Framework - which gives guidelines. It also recognizes the importance of qualifications of the individual, both formal and informal. There are some people who have gone through the informal sector in terms of the industry and they end up doing very well. Some gain experience and end up performing better than the people who have gone through the formal training. But because of reliance on papers in the name of certificates, their competence is not considered. Therefore, this particular Sessional Paper that considers the competence as highlighted in the Kenya Qualifications Framework is a very important thing. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in Kenya we have a number of universities and training institutes but, at times the ability and competence of some of the graduates we produce may not be as per what we require. Therefore, specifying and increasing the duration for industrial attachment becomes helpful. They come out as people who can apply their competence, knowledge and skills. This particular Sessional Paper gives the opportunity for career progression and how it happens. It looks at other issues like outpatient, safety and health of people involved in industrial work. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, however, there is one of the observations by the Committee that I do not agree with - the question of manpower. We are taking too far the question of gender sensitivity. We are going to the level of being sexist and not looking at the things as they are. When you talk about man--- A woman is a woman and so there is an element of man-woman and so, when we say this is gender insensitive, it will be taking some things far. It does not add value in any way. As a country, it is important to look at the qualifications part. The Sessional Paper was prepared earlier before the Committee’s Report was made. So, some of the elements may have been overtaken by events. As I said, we already have the Kenya qualifications framework that takes into consideration some of the proposals or the recommendations by the Committee and the Sessional Paper. With those few statements, I highly support this because it is good for the country. Thank you."
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