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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mungatana, MGH",
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    "content": "If we take the Law Society of Kenya, where I am a member, it is clear that for you to be considered a professional in that area, you must have a degree in law, and then you have the postgraduate training. Here we are not providing any form of training requirements. At the stage of public participation, it will be necessary to bring, for example, the Fire and Rescue Training Center here in Nairobi. They have a fire and training center here. It has been training some people, including some people from Tana River County, so they can come and give some input. What is the minimum amount of training that is required so that one can be considered a professional? On the issue of the registrar, there must be some form of charges that are clearly stated for you to be registered. You cannot be a professional, and they cannot process your professional certificate if there are no charges. Everyone then knows that for them to be a practicing fire and rescue practitioner, they must have a certificate, and this certificate is renewed maybe every year, and pay, say, Kshs1,000 or Kshs500 to be considered an active person. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Bill is a good thing because it is creating another level of professionalism; something that can make people be proud of their profession. They are developing another category of professionals that we require in this country. It is also a sign that Kenya is coming into another level. I know that in more developed communities and countries, they have this as a very serious profession, and many people are proud to belong to this profession. I would encourage the very able Sen. Abass to also look at some of the thoughts that we have proposed, so that we can make this a very strong law and help the development of this profession to the levels that is required. I beg to support."
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