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    "id": 448596,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/448596/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Rotino",
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        "legal_name": "Philip Lotiolo Ruto Rotino",
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    "content": "this Bill is long over due because it is something that should have been passed long time ago. That is because in any country, society or institution, we should have accreditation or standards passed. I believe that this Bill will go along way in standardizing the qualifications that we get in various institutions. There are many of us who have gone to various institutions outside this country and when they come back, they have a problem in trying to get the balance in the ministry. This Bill will go a long way in ensuring that those particular people who come from outside the country, when they come back, they will be slotted in within the standards which have been set. We do this haphazardly at the moment. For example, when they announced that Members of Parliament need to give their qualifications so as to contest, many people ran to the Ministry of Education and Kenya National Examinations Council to get their certificates accredited, so that they could be recognized. If this institution was there, we could not have that problem; we could have a one central point, office or institution that is going to accredit all our certificates for all our students, institutions and people coming from outside and those doing different courses. All these can be standardized. I want to support this Bill very much but with a few amendments. I believe we should detail the functions of this authority. They were rushed; we need to add some other functions which give them some teething powers, so that when something amiss happens, the Authority can have powers to take one to court. I believe if they had not mentioned it inside there, then it will come up during the Third Reading. I want to support this so much and say that this Bill has been long overdue. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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