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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, at Clause 5, we have the obligations of the county governments. I just want to pinpoint one or two also to save time for other Members who would like to contribute. Procedures and putting in place necessary training infrastructure. It is very risky when we have students, who are training for specific trades, but they cannot operate or work on that machine, they will not be able to do a good job. Therefore, equipping with learning and teaching resources becomes very critical. We do have a problem of the resources that are going to the counties. We have been asking questions especially on the allocation and resourcing of the counties. We find that in some counties, specific centres are better resourced. Some have received slightly more money than others. We engage and try to at least get equitability. What we also do within the counties is to try to get that excellent centre that becomes the point of reference. Madam Deputy Speaker, many of the county governments we are talking to say they are not yet there, 100 per cent because of the issue of resourcing, but they are gradually getting there. The Bill comes in to say this is the standard and coordination mechanism and this is how to get there. Formulating specific programmes, plans and policy for the county responsible for staffing and personnel within the counties is articulated in Clause 4, alongside carrying out public awareness and advocacy programmes in relation to vocational education. I know there are certain counties where we have some of the education and vocational centres literally closed. There is little going on within the counties. There was a time in Kenya where there was a lot of focus on education at university level and transition into university level. We are changing and relooking at that policy. We are coming back to emphasize on TIVET. However, those centres should be revived so that they can do what they are expected to do. Madam Deputy Speaker, for example, the CEC Member can make sure that there is no centre that is closed. Extra effort is made to revive them because we have very many youth. We know part of that problem was because of this issue of white collar and blue collar. Everybody felt that being successful meant going to the university. However, we now know that we want to have people with skills who can go there into the market and do what is expected of them. Clause 6 clearly gives the role of management for TIVET, employing qualified instructors, administering the curriculum and quality services."
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