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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okenyuri",
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    "content": "Okay, thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to state the following. While I appreciate the statement by Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda on upgrading Kisumu National Polytechnic to a university, I would also wish that the Statement draws us to some of the following concerns. Technical training institutions and national polytechnics are meant to equip young people with technical skills relevant for the job market. Currently, we have achieved the goal of constructing these institutions in various constituencies and counties. I see a general clamour from the political wing to have many of these institutions in their areas, but we are missing out on a major aspect. These institutions, which are providing training are not producing students who can fill the job market. You have a technical institution, which is training on issues of plumbing. However, around those areas, we do not have that market to get these graduates who are coming out of those institutions. I would wish that as we request that some of these institutions be upgraded to university status, we do not miss the point of meeting societal needs for those areas. Take a case study of SOS Technical Training Institute. They are training on issues to do with dairy farming and how students can preserve dairy farms and dairy products that are brought there. However, when you compare the number of students who will be absorbed outside, the number is very negligible. That is a blow to the young people who are expecting to get jobs in their different areas of study other than what we hoped for. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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