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    "id": 574143,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyoo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Onyango Oyoo",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to this valuable concept. This concept of National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) must be commended. I went to a technical school in my early years and the concept of NITA is not a new one. Then, we had much more organized attachments. It is just unfortunate that in Kenya, we drive going backwards. Things that should be driven forward are driven backwards and then later on, we run after time trying to reintroduce them as new concepts by doing a bit of polishing. Those days, they were called National Industrial and Vocational Training Centres (NIVTC). The centres used to recruit young “freshers” from technical schools who were then taken for attachment and given consideration in case of vacancies. What made it very successful is that serious consultations were done involving employers and the labour movement and, hence, there was harmony in implementation. I am aware that the Government of Kenya, during the Kibaki era, did a lot of collaboration with the Chinese Government and, as a result, construction of new technical and vocational training institutes is going on. That will go a long way in producing the much needed manpower. Those people will end up being attached to our NITA Institute. So, we need to do a lot to make sure that the curriculum is in place and that there is room for as many attachments as possible. I am also aware that this concept is not confined to technical schools alone. Even fresh doctors will be attached as interns. This Sessional Paper has been brought to this House courtesy of the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Services. This Ministry is fond of running their affairs in the old order where people believed that the Government of the day dictated terms. To be precise, the Ministry is a tripartite Ministry such that for them to create harmony in this country; and for them to help the President achieve his goal in preparing the youth, there must be serious consultations with the stakeholders. That is the Central Organization of Trade Unions of Kenya and the Federation of Kenya Employers. I am afraid that up to this stage of this paper, no major consultations have been done. I want the commitment of this House that before this paper is adopted and implemented, major stakeholders, that is, COTU and FKE, must be accorded an opportunity to look at it and make their input so that Kenyans can get value out of the paper. It is a good paper, but it needs a lot of refining which will need a lot of consultations. I also want to take this opportunity to ask the Ministry to make good arrangements for law enforcement and implementation. In Kenya, we are very good at making very good laws, floating very good policies and writing very good papers but when taken out for implementation, the concepts fail the test of time because of lack of supervision and implementation. That is why many good papers and concepts have been written by experts, but they have not been useful for the intended purpose due to lack of supervision. With those few remarks, I support. However, I want the commitment of this House that the major stakeholders in this concept and, more so, COTU and FKE, must be embraced and The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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