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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. J. K. Chege",
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        "legal_name": "John Kiragu Chege",
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    "content": "has various qualifications and certification schemes around the world and it has been difficult for people trained in the country to be recognized by other countries. We have found it unfair that those countries refuse to acknowledge the certification obtained in this country. The certification scheme under the ISO9712 has been approved all over the world. I am particularly saying this to European and American qualification certification schemes of the non-destructive testing experts. This has made it not possible for even our people to engage in testing for integrity for our aircraft which we buy from the USA because they claim that the certification scheme that has been used in this country is not recognizable. But, with a framework, like we have here which we can extend to other specialized skills, I believe that this country will put itself with the rest of the world so that we have now a procedure under which we can harmonize certain qualifications which are obtained from outside the country. In that way, we will open job market for Kenyans who are qualified, so that they can not only get jobs in the country but also around the world. It is important to note that Kenya has quite a big pool of trainable people but any means of discrimination through the qualification certification schemes that are not recognizable elsewhere, is a problem in this country. So, I support this scheme. I hope that particularly in the field of engineering and related fields we can formalize a framework under which we are able to access the competence of various personnel that are training in various colleges so that at least we are able to access their suitability in various job markets that are there. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support the Bill."
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