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    "content": "upgrade from the unaccredited programme to the accredited Bachelor of Science (Civil and Environmental Engineering) as recommended by the Engineering Board of Kenya. Hon. Members, the petitioners are concerned that their efforts to have Egerton University management to facilitate them to upgrade to the accredited programme in partnership with MMUST as recommended by the Engineers Board of Kenya never bore any fruit, leading to their graduation in 2019 with an unaccredited degree. Consequently, the petitioners have suffered the fate of being ineligible for registration as engineers and cannot therefore be employed to offer engineering professional services or work given that Section 49 of the Engineers Act prohibits persons not registered with the Engineers Board of Kenya from practising as engineers. Further, the petitioners cannot engage in private professional engineering practice since Section 50 of the Act provides that “a person who is not registered as a professional engineer or firm shall not be entitled to submit engineering plans, surveys, drawings, schemes, proposals, reports, designs or studies to any person or authority in Kenya”. In view of the foregoing, the petitioners are aggrieved that the inaction by the Egerton University that led to them graduating with unaccredited degree certificates rendered them ineligible for registration as professional engineers and has fatally jeopardised their right to relevant education and training as well as access to employment under Article 55 of the Constitution. Hon. Members, the petitioners therefore pray that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Education and Research: - (i) intervenes to ensure that the management of Egerton University immediately facilitates the petitioners to undertake the eight (8) remedial units necessary for them to upgrade from Bachelor of Science (Water and Environmental Engineering) degree, which is not accredited to the accredited Bachelor of Science (Civil and Environmental Engineering) degree at no cost. (ii) inquires into the circumstances under which the university continued to offer an unaccredited degree in Bachelor of Science (Water and Environmental Engineering) with a view to recommending immediate cessation of enrolment of students to the programme; and, (iii) makes any other recommendations the Committee may deem fit in addressing the plight of the petitioners. Hon. Members, having determined that the matters raised by the petitioners are well within the authority of this House, I order that pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 227 (1), this Petition be committed to the Departmental Committee on Education and Research. The Committee is required to consider the Petition and report its findings to the House and the petitioners in accordance with Standing Order 227(2). Members may now make comments and clarifications. No debate. Hon. Sankok."
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