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    "id": 1224087,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "We were on the issue of the good plumber, but a poor trainer. So, this Bill will make sure that if you are an instructor, you are a good plumber, but also a good trainer. This Bill also provides that the vocational education and training center shall issue an annual report on governance. That has not been happening. These annual reports on governance will be sent to County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Education and will be shared with the county assembly. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Part IV of the Bill provides for standards and quality of education and training. It sets out provisions relating to the curriculum, vocational education and training programmes to be implemented, examination and competency assessment. Examination shall not be county examinations. Curricula shall not be county curriculum. This Bill proposes that we have a national curriculum because a curriculum is an expression of policy and have national examinations. The recognized curriculum development body shall be responsible for developing the curricula, while the recognized examination assessment and certification bodies shall be responsible of administering assessments and issuance of certification. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I had said earlier, the examination that shall be done in northern Kenya, will be the same as the examination that shall be done in western, eastern, southern and central Kenya. We will have a standard curriculum and examination. This is extremely important because we have seen two big events that have happened in the last three years. One was the expo in Dubai, which attracted a lot of artisans from Kenya. Most of those artisans are graduates of these vocational training centers. Most of them were certificate holders and yet, in countries like Dubai, their craft and skills fetch a lot of money, far much more than what they would get if they were in Kenya. Another event was the World Cup that was held in Qatar. Many Kenyans went there. They were not just going to do domestic jobs. They were going there to do artisan and craft kind of jobs. I know a number of Kenyans who benefited from the expo in Dubai and the World Cup in Qatar. Their lives have changed in a way that would not have been possible had they stayed in Kenya. The reason their lives have changed is because of the kind of hands-on training that they got from these vocational centers. In fact, if you want to get a job in the Gulf or Middle East, you are better off as skilled artisan rather than as a white collar worker. If you go to the Gulf with a Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering and someone else is going with a Certificate in Electrical Installation, that person going with a Certificate in Electrical Installation would probably get a job faster than the guy with a white collar certification. That is why we want to make sure that when graduates or holders of certificates from vocational training centers in Kenya go to Dubai, Qatar, Australia or Canada, their certification is recognized because it has been issued by a relevant and recognized body. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Part V of the Bill sets out transition provisions in relation to existing institutions offering vocational education and training, which are subject to registration under this Act. Once the Act becomes operational, all institutions offering"
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