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    "id": 1439674,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Runyenjes, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Muchangi Karemba",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to second the Public Service Internship Bill by Hon. Naisula Lesuuda. Allow me to thank Hon. Naisula for being very focused on the issue of internship, having been a beneficiary of the internship programme at KBC. Her pursuit for this legislation began in the last Parliament and she has consistently followed through to ensure that the Bill comes to this House. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the issue of internship is very important. As the Hon. Member has indicated, it requires a legal framework because right now, it is scattered all over. There is also need to harmonise the internship programme and guide the process through a legal framework so that it becomes easy to offer opportunities to our young people. The Public Service Internship Bill, 2022, which is sponsored by Hon. Naisula Lesuuda, is a Bill for an act of Parliament to make provision for internship for college and university graduates in the public sector to provide hands-on training and acquisition of skills by graduates. The Bill was published on 16th December 2022 and read the First Time in the House on 8th March 2023, pursuant to Standing Order 127 (1). Thereafter, it was committed to the Departmental Committee on Labour for consideration and facilitation of public participation pursuant to Standing Order 127. The Clerk of the National Assembly placed advertisements in the print media on 18th March 2023, seeking for comments from the public on the Bill, pursuant to Article 118 of the Constitution. In addition to the request for memoranda from the public, the following stakeholders were requested to submit their views to the Committee: Office of the Attorney-General and Department of Justice, State Department for Public Service, Public Service Commission (PSC), Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and Kenya Law Reform Commission (KLRC). The Committee received submissions from Hon. Naisula Lesuuda, who is the sponsor of the Bill; the State Department for Public Service, PSC and LSK. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Committee, having considered the Bill and the stakeholders’ submissions, observed the following: 1. The Bill incorrectly placed the management of the internship programme under the Cabinet Secretary responsible for matters related to labour. The Committee proposed an amendment to provide that the responsible Cabinet Secretary shall be the Cabinet Secretary responsible for Public Service. 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."
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