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    "id": 1227032,
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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": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to reply having moved the Motion on the County Vocational Education and Training Bill. I want to thank all my colleagues who have contributed to debate on this Bill. I want to thank the Senate Majority Leader who employed his institutional memory as a ranking Member of the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Budget to tell the House the origins of this Bill that we started processing in the last Parliament, but was not successful and so we decided to revive it in this House. The Senate Majority Leader cited the conditional allocation of Kshs40 million per county that this House has appropriated for a period of three years. However, we had realized that counties were receiving that money and yet we did not have a very good framework that would separate village polytechnics and home craft centres from the purview of the TVET authority. Several other Members contributed to the debate on the Bill. Sen. Mungatana MGH, brought the attention of the Mover to certain litigation that has been ongoing with regards to employees of these village polytechnics and vocational centres, some of whom are still in the payroll of the national Government. That was a very good observation because we must ensure that as we devolve this function fully, we must also look at the human resource and we must also look at the financial resources. Sen. Olekina talked about the recognition of prior learning and that this Bill must attempt to entrench that in law. I am happy that the National Qualifications Authority (NQA) together with the TVET Authority already are in conversation to ensure that prior learning can be recognized so that that Mr. Otieno who is a very talented panel beater somewhere in California, in Nairobi, can be formalized. I believe those who are talking about hustlers and those who really believed in the agenda of hustlers would be happy if you can bring these people into the formal economy. That can be done through recognition of prior learning so that our experienced and our expert painters, mechanics and masons who do not have any certification can be recognized. That can now allow them to tap into jobs in county governments and jobs in the formal sector. There were a lot of observations. The Senator for Kiambu advised that we should not over legislate for small businesses. This legislation is meant to guide the establishment of vocational centres by county governments. There is still going to be"
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