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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, Standing Order No.225(2)(b) requires the Speaker to report to the House any petition, other than those presented by a Member. Further, Article 119 of the Constitution provides for the right of any person to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority, including petitioning the House to enact, amend or repeal any legislation. In this regard, Hon. Members, I wish to report to the House that my office has received a Petition, signed by Messrs David Okoti Olumasai of National Identification Number 31297235, Ian Nyaga Gicobi of National Identification Number 32416254 and Elvin Onyango Mangeni of National Identification Number 32744119 regarding violation of the right to relevant education and training by Egerton University. Hon. Members, the petitioners recount that in 2014, Egerton University enrolled them to pursue Bachelor of Science (Water and Environmental Engineering), which they successfully completed and graduated in 2019. However, in the course of undertaking the course, the petitioners learnt that the programme had not been approved and accredited by the Engineers Board of Kenya as required under Section 7(1)(l) of the Engineers Act, 2011. The petitioners aver that upon learning of the foregoing, they severally engaged the university between 2014 and 2019 to have the programme approved and accredited before graduation. In the first instance, the university management undertook to have the programme accredited by end of 2015, which the petitioners claimed never happened. The petitioners would later be assured in 2016 that the Engineers Board of Kenya would carry out an accreditation inspection that would culminate in accreditation of the programme at the university. Hon. Members, the petitioners claim that the inspection never took place and instead, in 2018, Egerton University management informed the petitioners that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) to enable the petitioners to use engineering facilities at MMUST, which is accredited to offer the programme. Further, the petitioners were required to undertake eight remedial units so as to 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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