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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. F.K. Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, that is the case even now. For example, I have got my niece who graduated in a neighbouring state. She came back to the country with a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology but she cannot find a job. That is true even for the other neighbouring state. However, a guy with a Kenyan Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology can be picked for a job. If you compare the two degrees, you will find that our standards are very high. Anyway, that is beside the point. What I am saying is that much as we have this particular proposal for creation of this regulatory body, to me, it is misplaced. As an hon. Member said, we have the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. Let us have that particular department created in that Ministry, so that it can deal with such matters rather than create another commission. We are already grappling with the problem of a ballooned wage bill. Somebody in this House is very soon going to move a Motion on reducing the number of commissions that we have in this country. We are, in fact, on record for saying that we are very soon going to reduce the commissions from nine to two or three and provide for them to run on a part time basis. Now, the same people are asking us to create another commission or authority. We cannot do it at this stage. All I can request is that the Leader of Majority Party as the one moving this Bill makes sure that we have a department in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology or whatever they call it, dealing with these regulatory issues that we are talking about."
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