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    "id": 1129143,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the reservations that I have on this Bill touch on a matter that Hon. Osotsi commented on, that is, the question of post qualification. First is the degree and it is good because it now stipulates that you must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, and a master’s degree from a university recognised in Kenya. In my view, that proposal on universities recognised in Kenya and any master’s degree is too broad. I was just trying to tell the Chair here to listen to us that we need to tweak this a little bit to make it a master’s degree in a field relevant to that position. I would like to encourage him to consider accounting because accountants like myself and the Leader of the Minority within the Majority Party are very good managers and if we were engineers, we would run some of these things, or even lawyers like yourself and those in the legal profession with managerial experience. I was asking Hon. Pkosing to expound whether an engineer who decides to become a pastor in my local church and goes to get a Master’s Degree in Theology would be considered. I do not know how that would add value to either management of the institution or roads assets in this country. Therefore, I will and intend to bring amendments during the Committee of the whole House stage to make that clear as other Members have said that the master’s degree must be in a relevant field such as management, accounting, finance, law or procurement. I would hesitate to include marketing because there is nothing to market with roads. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is also the question of registration with the Engineers Board and I agree with that proposal."
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