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    "id": 1129127,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1129127/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": "I believe in respecting professions. As an accountant, I know there are things that are best done by accountants much as most accountants have their basic background even in engineering, law and other disciplines. Initially, I had been convinced that we should open up the qualifications to anyone who can manage the sector, but I have listened to the engineers and different stakeholders and I am convinced that we give them this time round and review the situation as we move on. However, that should not be a basis for saying that a director-general for a hospital must be a medical doctor, or a DG for a library service must be a librarian, or that a DG for any other body must be anchored in the core business of that organisation. Management is about management and we have seen people who are very good from a management perspective. They have been able to manage very technical things that are not part of their training. That is what we need to start discussing. We should have a conversation with the engineers, so that at the DG level, we talk about a person... We are talking about somebody who can manage various people. I am very happy because as I was listening to contributions of Members, it became very clear that as much as one is an engineer, one still needs a master’s degree in management, so that we can combine the two. The whole point is to recognise that the work and role of a DG of an organisation is not nuts and bolts. It is not the technical stuff, but rather he or she is somebody who can harness resources and all the knowledge residence in an organisation from the technical people and convert it into synergy to achieve a-one plus-one-is-greater-than-two-effect. That is what we would wish to see going forward. I know the lobbying has been quite serious and we must listen to the stakeholders. We must listen to views expressed during public participation. Indeed, if it is not broken, why fix it? That is what we must look at."
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