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"speaker_name": "Kiambu, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Jude Njomo",
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"content": "Training (DIT). Many people, including myself, were trained by our prospective employers even before joining employment. That is how we obtained training. Many employers have benefited from the services of people who have been trained in these technical training institutions. Those are the people currently working in industries. So, employers should be ready to also give back to the society by contributing part of the collections. It is just 20 per cent which will be used by TVET institutions, which we have built. It will not be given out. It will be loaned to students through HELB, so that they can obtain good technical education that will enable them to become good employees. It will help the same employers in their industries. I object to the deletion of this Clause because this is what we need as a country. This is what we need to improve our workforce and build our knowledge base in the technical fields. This will stop us from importing everything including technical people. We have had occasions where there was specialised work to be done in the country and we had to import technical staff. I object to that. I propose that 20 per cent of the training levies collected be used for funding, establishment, operating…"
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