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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I want to support this very important Bill, the Information Communication Technology Practitioners Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 38 of 2020) by Hon. Osotsi. This Bill aims to regulate training, registration, licensing and practice in the ICT Sector. I think this is a move in the right direction. Currently, we do not have a Bill that regulates training of people in the ICT sector. Therefore, we are hoping this Bill will enable us to inject professionalism into this sector especially among the professionals. As you are aware, we have Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Bill. So, when this Bill is passed by this House, this means when it comes to cybercrime, we will be able to hold people accountable and have professionals we can seek advice from. This will also go in as far as categorising the levels of training is concerned because we have people who are trained in ICT. When training for ICT, these institutions need to meet the basic standards. This is because when you go to town, you will find that almost every college has training in computer studies. We need to regulate and understand the level at which those students are being trained and whether they are at par with worldwide standards or within our region. Therefore, once this Bill is passed, we hope that it will be able to look at the quality of training within the various colleges, whether certificate, diploma, degree or master’s courses. It will be possible to categorise these levels and bring these professionals together so that we can have a body that we can authoritatively question on issues pertaining to the ICT sector. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I support."
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