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    "id": 1098033,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "They need to be checked, vetted, licensed, and adhere to the standards set by the national council that is dealing with all these standards. Examinations that are conducted in these institutions are also standardized and that is a very good idea. When you get a plumber from Wajir, their quality should not be any different from a plumber from Bomet or Kericho. They are learning the same things, doing the same examinations and getting the same qualifications. They can work anywhere in this country. This is the only way that we can turn our country around. By emphasizing this middle level training, this Senate is leaning into its billing as the protector of devolution. If the counties train good quality technicians, any technician from Kericho working in Nairobi will end up being the net importer of capital from Nairobi to Kericho for Kericho to grow. We will be competing to see who has the best quality technicians, institutions and vocational training teachers so that we can grow our economy and stop lamenting about which country overtook us. We will then be able to stand on our own right. Madam Deputy Speaker, as we speak, everybody is talking about Rwanda overtaking everybody in this region; a country that has gone through so much difficulty and yet we have resources. We have some of the best human resource development in the entire developing world, but we have been overrode by corruption to the extent that things simply do not work. Finally, I want to urge the Ministry of Education, in conjunction with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to market our technicians to the rest of the world. The only way we can be able--- Why should South Africa import fitters from Malaysia, India, or Sri Lanka when Kenya is here with top level polytechnics churning out people who we do not market? All of us travel a lot. If you find a Kenyan in America, the last thing they want to know is where the Government resides. This is because the Government does not help them, it does not care and it does not bother. They go there, struggle and live on their own. The only time they encounter the Government is when they are struggling to renew their passports. Nothing else. As we continually talk about the diaspora bringing resources to this country, we want to be part of taking our diaspora out there, so that they can be part of the growth of this country. I congratulate Sen. (Dr.) Milgo for this Bill. We will support it through. Circulate whatever amendments to us. We will work together. From there one, we want to see a proper collaboration between the national and county governments to make sure that this big dream works well for our country. Thank you."
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