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    "id": 1096201,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1096201/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Pokot South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Pkosing",
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        "legal_name": "Losiakou David Pkosing",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity. I echo your wisdom that even when we, Chairpersons, are not in Parliament, Members do not make these comments for nothing. That is a very big statement because it will inform the debates at the Committee level. This Petition raises a number of issues that require comments. First, in our training, what happens to supply and demand? It looks like the demand and supply are not in sync. So, the suppliers, namely, the colleges, are doing their own things. The demand, which is the market, is also doing its own things. Therefore, the objectives are completely different. I appeal to the Committee to look at whether we need to bring them together, so that we train our students. There is no need of spending money for up to four or five years and then you are not accredited. Can you imagine that? I want to give an example. In the last Parliament, you would find that somebody graduated from a university as a teacher after getting a grade less than a C+ in Form Four such as a C, C- or D+, and would get a degree to teach in secondary schools. What happens? The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) declines to honour that kind of degree because according to them, that is not a qualification. You then wonder, why is it that the country that trains those people to get a degree is the same country that denies them a job at the TSC? That means that there is a disconnect which the Committee needs to look at. Finally, I urge the Committee to call the Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK) to also give their comments, so that we are productive. In this country, we want demand and supply to work together for our benefit. Thank you."
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