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    "id": 1241357,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mandago",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kiplagat Jackson Mandago",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Petition from Nyeri County on the lack of absorption of the instructors to the county vocational training colleges. I stand here to confirm that the instructors to vocational training colleges are supposed to be employees of county governments because vocational training colleges, the then village polytechnics, were devolved and are a function of county governments. I know there was a big issue on the question of staff who were on contract. Since resources follow function, when you accept a function or accept to run a county government, you must accept the assets and the liabilities of that county to be able to manage. Therefore, I support the petitioner in that the County Government of Nyeri ought to have employed all those instructors in vocational training colleges on permanent and pensionable terms. I am a witness that this is a matter that was agreed between the Council of Governors (CoG) and the then Transition Authority (TA). That matter was rested. The County Government of Nyeri should be taken to task as to why those staff are being subjected to discriminative terms of employment. I therefore want to urge my colleagues, Senators, to support this Petition and make sure that those employees of vocational training colleges get what is rightfully theirs in terms of placement. It should be noted that if county governments do not staff those vocational training colleges, then counties are at risk of this function being reverted back to the national Government. I know there have been discussions by Members of Parliament on the role of vocational training colleges. There is need for those vocational training colleges to remain at that devolved level. In fact, the law was very clear that we must have a vocational training college in every ward, despite the constraints of resources available to counties to actualize that. However, progressively over time, that is where we need to go. That is why we cannot afford to have instructors who are on contract terms, casual terms or people who are dissatisfied to perform their duties, and expect our vocational training colleges to come up and impart the necessary skills to the citizens of our very counties. The County Government of Nyeri should ensure that those vocational training instructors are absorbed. Probably, they could be the only ones amongst the counties, who have not absorbed those economic stimulus instructors to our vocational training colleges. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support the Petition"
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