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    "id": 1224078,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1224078/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13162,
        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "constitutional provision of fair administrative action. Cancellation of the license of a vocational center should never be by Executive fiat. This Bill has provided detailed procedures that the CECM for Education in a county must follow before they can cancel the license of a vocational education center. There are also penalties that have been specified for violation of various clauses. Part of it is a fine not exceeding Kshs5 million or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or both. Part III of the Bill provides for the management of vocational education centers. It provides that county governments shall be responsible for the management of vocational education and training within the county. This is part of the problem that this Bill seeks to fix. Before this Bill is enacted, then it will be the TVET Authority that will have that power. Those colleagues of ours who are in this House, who have served as Governors, know that the national Government, many times, wants to claw back on devolution by maintaining institutions that concentrate finances that should be going to counties at the national level. One of them is the TVET Authority. There are many other examples, including road agencies and Kenya National Library Services. However, even though we claim and accuse the national Government of that claw back, it is our responsibility, as the Senate, to come up with similar legislation that will decouple some of these functions from the national Government and send them to the counties. This Bill says that every public vocational education and training center shall have a Board of Management that will be responsible for the conduct of education and training. It also provides for managers and instructors of vocational education and training and their qualification, to ensure that the centers are professionally managed. Therefore, it is not a matter of looking for a good plumber even if he is a drunkard. It is a matter of looking for a good plumber who is---"
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