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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "contribution, there is a very important point that was raised by the Senate Majority Leader regarding at what point the committee reports should be made available to us. First of all, I want to commend the Committee on Education for ensuring that the Report is tabled on time. Since Mr. Deputy Speaker is the Chairperson of the Liaison Committee, he needs to encourage our committees to table the reports so that Members have sufficient time to go through the reports before the Second Reading debate. I want to urge that maybe in our Standing Orders, we need to insist that the reports must be tabled before we engage in the Second Reading. I find that to be very smooth and it is quite useful to the Members so that they can make informed contributions on the matter. Even as I say that, I have had an opportunity to look at the Report and very important sections of the Report are not attached including the views of the stakeholders. It is very critical in a Report of this nature that we get to know what the stakeholders said about some aspects of the Report. So, I hope that next time we have a Bill before us, we want to be told what happened in the Committee. The minutes and also the views of the stakeholders should be attached. This Bill is implementing the Fourth Schedule in relation to village polytechnics and homecraft centres. This is within our mandate as the Senate. It is also a Bill that is going to provide the governance framework for the establishment, registration, and accreditation of vocational education and training centres within the counties. So, it is a very important Bill and as the Mover had alluded to, we have so many driving schools and computer colleges that are privately owned and should be regulated under this Bill to ensure some uniformity in the standards of training and examinations in these institutions. The focus in this country has to change. Many people are rushing to do degrees. Those who do not get good scores at the secondary level end up doing bridging courses until they find their way to the university. We need to change this attitude so that we have our learners also focusing on important training. We have a serious shortage of plumbers in this country. When you have a problem with your plumbing, getting a plumber is a struggle. This is because most of the people who would learn to plumb are struggling to join universities or colleges to learn what they think is white-collar training. I was surprised to learn that most of our counties do not have meat inspectors; a simple thing like that. So, you find that some counties have taken people to a college in Taita Taveta where people go for meat inspection course. This is a very basic course that we can do within our counties. Most importantly, this Bill is going to enhance the employability of our youth and at the same time respond to the needs of our economy. The needs of our economy are that we have people at the lower level who are hanging and they need to be trained in some of these skills so that they can contribute to our economy. However, I wish the Mover of the Bill can enhance it so that we have three levels. We have school-based training that is vocational training that can be done within our schools. When I was in high school, we had some special courses. I remember I did woodwork which was training us to be carpenters. I still apply that training to date even"
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