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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kang’ata",
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        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. I am very happy with this proposal by Hon. Cecilia. Let me start by saying that initially, I was somehow 50-50, but after hearing arguments from those who are opposing and those who are supporting, I am now convinced why we should support this Bill. The reason why, initially, I was somehow skeptical, was because I thought maybe this Bill is going to whittle down the engineering profession. I am a firm believer in the fidelity of key professions. In particular, professions like engineering and medicine are very important to this country. Leave alone law. Law, I believe, is just a course there. Serious courses like engineering should be supported. I have now been convinced that, indeed, there are some courses which the Engineers Registration Board has refused to recognize. We do have, for instance, Bachelor of Science in technology. Such of graduates, in my own opinion, should find somewhere they can be fitted in this society. Therefore, this bill comes in to provide a situation where such graduates can fit into society. Two, I am also aware of some courses which are taught in several universities. an example is civil engineering in universities like Jomo Kenyatta university of science and technology and Masinde Muliro university of science and technology. The ERB has refused to register graduates in technology. I know that we have litigation with regard to these matters. Those people have gone through rigorous courses. If the ERB is not going to give them a good home, i do not see any reason why this bill should not be used to address that lacuna. They can as well become technicians. You never know, such people can excel as technicians, eke out a living and provide good service to this country. I have also remembered out of these discussions that every constituency now is coming up with a technical college. I want to laud His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy for the brilliant idea of ensuring that every constituency has a technical training institute. My question is: Where shall those graduates go if at all we do not have such kind of an enabling law that is going to create a profession for those technicians? The idea of having technicians is based on the realization that, indeed, people who interact with wananchi on a day to day basis are usually technologists. it is not the engineer. rarely will you ever find an engineer coming to your house to fix your door, do certain things or even build your house. Many of us here have houses. i am not aware of anybody who consulted an engineer when he was constructing his house. Therefore, the reality on the ground is that the people who interact with wananchi on a day-to-day basis, the first port of call, happens to be people who are going to be regulated by this law. The same happens in other areas such as the health sector. The people who interact with the wananchi a lot happen to be clinical officers and nurses. Therefore, if we were to have a situation where in the health sector we do not have a law that regulates nurses or clinical officers then we would not be appreciating the reality in Kenya. 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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