Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1341358,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1341358/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 628,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I also thank my colleague, Hon. Gikaria, for bringing this Bill here. We should never discourage a colleague from presenting Private Member’s Bills because this is one of our roles under Article 95 of the Constitution. Once you present a Bill on the Floor of this House, it becomes the property of the National Assembly to deal with it as it wishes. A few issues are emerging from the plain reading of the proposed amendments to the National Construction Authority Act. The amendments may look innocuous, harmless and well-intended. That is a commendable spirit. There was a reason why the NCA was incorporated through legislation. It regulates or governs the physical process of establishing a physical asset. We have a history of collapsing buildings that are poorly done and stalled projects. The drafters hoped that this Act would address those issues one by one. That is why Section 17 of the parent Bill says: “A personal firm may apply to the Board for registration as a contractor for the purpose of this Act.” Sub-section 2 gives a rundown of the qualifications of a firm or an individual who can be registered as a contractor. What does a contractor do? They produce physical assets. Be it a road, a house or a water work, among others. It calls for the assembly of various factors of production like the stones, cement, sand, water and the technical skills of brick layering, masonry or whatever you like to call it. It also includes financing to ensure the project is completed on time, within cost and expected quality. If you look at the building code and statutes we are trying to come up with now, they infuse a high sense of priority and first consideration on the question of apprenticeship. No one expects a college graduate who has graduated today to manage a project or construct alone. We must never lose that spirit of apprenticeship. Colleagues, as you seek to concur or discuss with the Committee on the possible amendments, look at it from the theoretical and the practical point of view. We need to infuse professionalism with… Unfortunately, professionalism comes with some element of experience - a positive experience. Hon. (Dr) Pukose will tell you that a doctor will not graduate today and perform surgeries the next day. He will have to do it under the tutelage of an experienced hand. With the valuers, we do not expect graduates who just left class to register and sign on their own tomorrow. Hon. Temporary Speaker, there is an element of apprenticeship that brings us to the second level. Any person who gets to the point of being registered to build quality structures might not be a person who has no means at all. I want to concur with my friend from Buuri Constituency. Not all women, youths or disabled people cannot afford Ksh5,000. We have so The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}