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    "id": 585201,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abass Mohamed",
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        "legal_name": "Abass Sheikh Mohamed",
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    "content": "grown and there are many universities. We cannot only rely on engineers from the UON. The Law Society of Kenya (LSK), the veterinary board, the ERB and the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board (KMPDB) are closed. They seem to recognise only a few universities. This is biased. Our professionals must open up. We need to at least harmonise this Bill with the Act of 2011, so that we can have at least two regulatory bodies. We have so many technicians, craftsmen and artisans who do very good jobs. Though Kenyan engineers are very professional, they are too expensive to be sustained by ordinary Kenyans. Very good work can be done by artisans and technicians. Engineering has become more or less like a white-collar job. Those constructing the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) Project come from outside Kenya. Our craftsmen and technicians are able to do this job. Because they are not registered, they are not able to access decent jobs. Therefore, it is high time we established regulatory bodies for these technicians and technologists. We also need to open up our tertiary colleges, so that they can train technicians, craftsmen and artisans. Even if we call them spanner boys, these are the people who are supposed to deliver on the job. Most of our tertiary colleges have been converted into universities. That is a wrong policy. Everybody cannot access a university because they cannot meet the cut-off points. We need to revive our tertiary colleges, so that we have more Kenyans trained in different fields. I want to thank the Government for creating (TVETs). This is the way to industrialisation. With those few remarks, I beg to support the Bill. Thank you."
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