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    "id": 1159406,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bumula, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwambu Mabongah",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Wekesa Mwambu Mabonga",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I wish to support this Bill. I have had time to interact with the sponsor of this Bill, Hon. Osotsi, and I know the hard times he has gone through to come up with some of the proposals in the Bill. We regard him as a professor in the Committee; and I hope he will be one because he is a professional in this field. This is one area that has been abused. We all agree that the ICT profession is one discipline that cuts across. I remember that we had the same problem with the counselling and psychology profession until this House had to stamp its authority through an Act of Parliament. Today, there is some sense of discipline in that profession. If you have ever sat in any interview panel, you will realise that every candidate has a certificate or diploma in ICT. There are so many colleges, some of which are not even known anywhere. This is the challenge we have. Today all of us are victims of abuses from this discipline. Therefore, with the proposals by Hon. Osotsi, we will restore some sense of discipline in this profession, right from training. If there is no uniform training curriculum across board, anybody may call himself a professional, and you are likely to be mishandled in the hands of quacks. That is why this field is one of the most abused in the entire world. This is a profession that is very key. Just the other day, a Member mentioned that most of our children have been taking online lessons. But if you sneak in on the child as a parent and see the kind of things that are going on online, you will be surprised. With this kind of Bill, we are going to have products that are suitable for the customer. If it is a learner or an adult, we will have a body regulating content, and people are going to be responsible. I want to believe that Hon. Osotsi has captured the so-called fifth generation, as per our last discussions. This is a profession that evolves every day. You should capture information that is flexible enough. Even if you set common standard rules to be applied in the profession, there should always be room for the profession to grow. That is because it is developing. This Bill is going to provide some seal of approval. People who will practice out there will be known. Where they trained will be known and the kind of information they pass across will also be known for an entire generation. The law will be like a watchdog to the profession, and we will have professional standards to set across so that people do not abuse this profession. This is a timely Bill. I want to congratulate Hon. Osotsi. I have realised that whenever we sit down to discuss some of these things, there are people who do not want these kinds of changes and yet, they are professionals in the same field. So, they know what they are doing with quacks out there. It is important that to move this country forward in an organised manner. All professionals must have a set of acceptable standards across board. Therefore, I congratulate Hon. Osotsi for coming up with this Bill. I support it and request that this House stamps its approval to bring sanity in the ICT sector. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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