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    "id": 1098014,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Lang’at",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker for also giving me this opportunity to add my voice to this important Bill. Remember that this Bill was initiated during the time I was the Chairperson of the Committee on Education and you were still the Vice Chairperson during that time. We had realized the importance of this Bill, especially when we were in Canada on matters to do with vocational education to solve issues of unemployment in our country. We had also realized that the Education Act was only very much limited to Technical Training Institutes (TTIs). We had realized a lot of achievements from the same, especially through the capitation of Kshs30,000 which was given to students in technical training centres. Madam Deputy Speaker, I do remember very well during that time that the capitation that was given to students in technical training colleges ensured a lot of enrollment. The enrollment moved from around 180,000 to 800,000 giving an opportunity to most of the youths to get skills that would help them on self-employment in our country. We had realized that there were many challenges on what we referred to as village polytechnics, which are currently county vocational training centres. There was a lot of disconnection, especially on the progress of the students getting to these vocational training centres, upwardly. If you remember very well, we also had a challenge on matters to do with the cut-off. At what level should a student get into these vocational training schools? Up to this moment, without this Bill, it is not clear. You find any student getting there. This Bill will set standards on entry performance and curriculum."
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