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    "content": "We have engineers, lawyers, doctors, sociologists but there is need to have that knowledge in engineering, law, medicine and sociology being infused with the soft values that help those public servants to deliver. As you build a road if you are a county engineer for roads or director of survey in the Ministry of Lands, you have the scientific knowledge but you are required to have certain values on how you interact with the people you work with including consumers of your service or suppliers. The values that are envisaged include honesty, integrity, patriotism, transparency, respect for other people, objectivity and observance of the rule of law, among others. Any person who is a public servant under this Bill and who is also a professional is supposed to also adhere to professional requirements regarding their registration and continuous professional development of the profession they belong. In other words, if you are a valuer working for the national Government, some parastatal or county governments, you must also be of good standing in accordance with the professional body that regulates valuers in Kenya. If you are a lawyer and you work for the State Law Office or you are a county attorney, you are supposed to be a lawyer of good standing with the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) which governs the professional conduct. You must be registered and participate in professional development like any other lawyer. That will ensure public servants do not rust and leave their profession and start dealing with ordinary administrative actions. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if somebody is a doctor like you are, it is assumed that you were a public servant under this Bill, then, you must be a registered medical practitioner and keep up to date with the continuous education requirements of that profession."
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