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    "id": 501317,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ng’etich",
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        "legal_name": "Cecilia Chelangat Ngetich",
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    "content": "people to build it. However, those technicians and technologists are not registered. Our lives are, therefore, completely endangered in the sense that when a profession is not regulated, then anybody can say that they can build. Many buildings have collapsed and you cannot sue the masons. They are not registered since there is no body to register them. They normally use the certificates of other seniors like engineers. Therefore, they cannot be accountable. This Bill emphasizes the fact that one has to be accountable for any actions or malpractices. In the near future, I will bring a Bill seeking to have a board that will register engineering technologists and technicians, so that we can recognize them. This will go a long way even in encouraging students to join the various technical institutions that we are putting up in the whole country. We have village polytechnics, but students do not want to go there because of poor perception. Another reason is because once they are out, they are not recognized. Many students are fighting to join medical training centres because they know that after qualifying, they have a board that will register them either as lab technicians or dental engineers and they will easily be hired. However, for other technicians like plumbers and artisans, no one recognizes them. The achievement of Vision 2030 will be null and void without those people. We need technicians who will drive the industry in order to take Kenya to the next level and make it an industrialized middle income nation. I call upon Members that when the time comes, I hope I will get your support because the next time you are constructing that house, you will be telling them that before they touch even a single stone, to show you their certificates and qualifications. Should there be a problem, you can sue that person. Otherwise, this Bill is long overdue. It ought to have been in place from the very first time that we came to this Parliament. The days of “hanging the coat” to perform your duties are long gone. We need services because the new Constitution is taking services closer to the people. The only way we can take services closer to the people is ensuring that we have public officers who are duty bound, honest, have integrity and will maintain high standards of professionalism. I support."
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