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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Okoth",
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        "legal_name": "Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, what is most important is that right now in Kenya very many young people who are very brilliant, work hard to get grade “A”. They get into universities such as the Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) and the Technical University of Kenya (TUK) and then turn out to be innocent victims being punished by the Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK) which has selfishly, arrogantly and with utter disregard for the interests of this country made sure that they act as a bottleneck cartel that stops more young professionals coming in and expanding the field in different ways so that our country can achieve Vision 2030. I must honestly say that I am disappointed by the conduct of EBK. We have engaged with them over the last two years and they have done nothing in good faith to show their commitment and interest to advance this field. Instead, they have stymied the interests of young people who want to enter the engineering profession. They have blocked the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. I wish the Ministry would stand up clearly and help the young people whose parents have paid for them and are helping them to go through education. The young people we are paying fees for through bursaries availed in the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) to get this education are being stopped from getting it just because of one selfish Board. I wanted to put that on record. Number two, technologists and technicians work in the engineering field. Their job and role, as you have been told, is different from the job and the role of engineers, which is very important. We need to make sure that we have a clear law that regulates the practice, the qualifications and the disciplinary matters for technologists and technicians separately. I regret that somebody was saying that carpenters do not need to be regulated, certified or recognised as professionals. The seats that we sit on in this beautiful chamber had to be constructed by carpenters. If carpenters from Kenya can do such professional work, I do not see The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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