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    "id": 711705,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/711705/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. J.K. Chege",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Kiragu Chege",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to start by saying that I support this Bill. For me, this is a very important moment in this nation that finally we have a mechanism to make sure that everybody who wants to develop a career can do so without fear. In engineering, it has been a tendency that even the students who do engineering may end up becoming accountants because there has not been a way of ensuring that they get practical training so that they can get registration as required in the profession. It is also important that now, the public service has a way of assessing our skills and making sure that we address the issue of our development plan, particularly Vision 2030 and all the other things that have been a problem in streamlining the service. In the past, retrenchment has been used and we have lost skilled labour but we are now constructing the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). In the past, we have laid off experienced people who have been working in the railway sector and now it will cost us a lot of money to get the skills back. I believe in this Bill because it will encourage us to sustain the skills that are important and make sure that we protect the people who are doing commendable jobs. It will also make sure that we can address the needs of this nation every time so that we have a service that can take this country to another level. Once again, I say thank you for all the contributions that have been done. This is a very important moment in this nation."
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