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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Ngetich",
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        "legal_name": "Cecilia Chelangat Ngetich",
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    "content": "Thirdly, I would not think that we need to go that route. Even the hon. Members who had a different opinion, rightly put it that engineers are very different from engineering technologists. It is like doctors blocking the nurses from being registered. It is as clear as that. They have said it clearly that courses done by the engineering technologists and engineers are very different. One then wonders why try to stop another profession from being regulated, yet you have recognised the fact that they are very different. We have had a very good example here of Hon. Kigo who is in the accounting profession. Initially, the intention was to have one profession for holders of the Kenya Accounting Technician Certificate (KATC) and other level of accountants, but now we also have the Certified Public Accountants. The KATC people have been completely swallowed up. They have no say. When it comes to voting, they cannot get positions even to represent their profession. I, therefore, caution that this is not the way to go. Indeed, this Government is currently constructing a technical institute in every constituency. What has been budgeted for is Kshs50 million per institute. I am wondering where these students will go thereafter. We have the Vision 2030, which talks of making Kenya a middle income country with better life, through industrialization. The only way to achieve industrialization is to have room for such students registered in order for them to be legally recognized, and be able to participate rightly in their areas of training. I want to end by saying that indeed this is the right time to pass this Bill, so that students who have rightly pursued various courses – which we are going to mention – can be registered. 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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