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    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "fit for the market. Universities will also become centres of innovation, which is what happens in the West. The other thing is that right now, we have so many policies on industrial research and development that seem to disappear in the shelves. KIRDI will be part of facilitating the implementation of such policies, among other things. Most importantly, under this law, KIRDI will be mandated to establish industrial technology transfer centres. Whatever technologies are developed will be taken to the market for uptake by youth centres. There will also be an industrial technology depository, where people will be able to access what has been developed. Even as we speak, we do not know where to access the technology that has been developed by KIRDI. That will be available. With technology advancement, people will be able to access the internet and know what to do. As I said, this is a good Bill. It is actually surprising that it has taken us so long to recognize KIRDI. We have passed laws to recognize some lesser bodies because they were able to agitate faster for their recognition to make them semi-autonomous Government agencies. For the very important ones which were ‘kind of’ pushed to the back row, like KIRDI, they have had to wait for this long. I am glad that we will now give them a lifeline so that we can be happy to say we did this for generations to come. I do not want to go through the various clauses of the Bill. It sets up a Board. It sets out how the Director-General will be appointed and how he can be removed. It spells out his roles. It also talks about having a Corporation Secretary in line with the Mwongozo Code. The Corporation Secretary must be a member of the Certified Public Secretaries Association so that they are accountable. It also provides for what will happen to innovations and inventions by its employees in terms of how they will be protected and rewarded and the rights that will be vested in the Institute. Anything invented by staff will be retained by KIRDI so that people do not go there to invent things and then run away with the same. There is a lot of protection. It is a good law. I have gone through it. I went through it before signing it. I want to recommend it to the House. Let us pass it and then challenge KIRDI to take us to the next level. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to stop here. I beg to move and request the Whip of the Majority Party, on behalf of the Departmental Committee on Trade which has done a very good Report, to second. I know the Committee is still following up on some assignment they were given by the House."
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