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    "id": 448542,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/448542/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Barua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1529,
        "legal_name": "Ejidius Njogu Barua",
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    "content": "Thank you hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. I would like to say from the outset that this Bill is beneficial to the whole country and even beyond. From the outset, I would like to say that one of the Millennium Developments Goals talks about education for all; in this country since Independence we have been having training in various educational institutions managed by the Government. At this particular time, 50 years after Independence, we have many private sector institutions conducting various training programmes. It is important for us and the country to get a way of harmonizing the qualifications. This Bill will go a long way in harmonizing qualifications from various trainers, so that potential employers do not have to question the integrity of certificates. Once people get trained in different institutions, we will have a way of getting harmonization and equivalent of training, so that it can be recognized at various job opportunities. It is clear that in this country, people like teachers, who have got very high qualifications, earn very low salaries. Once you get this harmonization of qualifications-- - I would like to propose that qualifications should also be harmonized with pay and benefits for the same services. For us to give education to majority of Kenyans, we must encourage the private sector to conduct the training. We cannot do so if their certificates will be questioned. I would like to support this Bill because it is going to give a solution to--- The other reason for which I would like to support this Bill is because, there are some of our students who did not go through the former curriculum and they go to technical institutions. Some of these students have had difficulties in the past in joining universities. Once this Bill is passed, it will be possible for a student who has gone through a technical training college, to get their achievements evaluated and harmonized to those of other people who are trained even in the normal education systems, thereby enabling such people to join universities and other institutions of higher learning."
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