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    "id": 38377,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/38377/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Munyes",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Labour",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Kiyonga Munyes",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government recognizes the types of skills development system in this country. In order to improve quality and capability of future training programmes, the Ministry of Labour proposes the transformation of the Directorate of Industrial Training into an authority. The functions of this Authority should include simplifying administrative procedures for skills development, support skills training programmes as best for employment creation to improve productivity, acquire the capacity to generate its own finances, hire adequate human resource and install relevant technology, establish an independent skills development testing and certification systems, develop the necessary infrastructure to service the industry training programmes, devise an industrial training system for transition from school to employment, design industrial training schemes and determine the institution necessary to implement them and refocus industrial training towards a demand-driven system that is responsive to changing training requirements of the industry. Mr. Speaker, Sir, our national development roadmap, Vision 2030, the section on human resource development states that Kenya intends to create a globally competitive and adaptive human resource base to meet the requirements of a rapidly industrializing economy. Industrial training has a crucial role to play in this effort and the proposed Authority will play a vital role in establishing a mechanism to promote closer collaboration between training institutions and industry in order to offer demand-driven curricula that targets not only Kenya, but the whole of East Africa. Further, on education and training in the social pillar, Vision 2030 provides for strengthening of the partnership between the Government and the private sector – a role that the proposed Authority will spearhead. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Directorate of Industrial Training is financed by the Training Levy established under the Act and receives additional financial support from the Exchequer for development under the Recurrent Budget. The bulk of the expenditure of the Directorate of Industrial Training is in respect of reimbursement of training costs of employers, industrial attachments and trade testing expenses. The Authority progressively generates funds to sustain its operations, but will initially require financial support from the Government at the current level. In order to respond to the global challenges, I appeal to this House to debate and enact the Industrial Training (Amendment) Bill, 2009 to pave way for the creation of a National Industrial Training Authority which will improve industrial training in Kenya. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move."
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