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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "Hon. K’Oyoo is the one attracting! As I was explaining to Members and they are keenly following, that industry needs a lot of controls. It is so important and yet, there is no legal framework within which they operate. That is what we are proposing in this Bill. This board will further be expected to collaborate with other bodies and organisations in the development of programmes and facilitate the advancement of hydrology and the wellbeing of hydrologists. The board may remove members in a procedure like others. If you look at Clause 22 and Clause 24 of the proposed Bill, it is said that the board may remove from the register any person found, by the board, to be guilty of misconduct. Any person who pretends to be a hydrologist or an assistant hydrologist commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a court of law. Very quickly, if you also look at Part III of the Bill, especially on Clause 12 and Clause 13, it puts down the requirement for the Cabinet Secretary (CS) to appoint a public officer as the Registrar of the Hydrologists Registration Board, who shall compile and keep a register of hydrologists, assistant hydrologists and consulting hydrologists. Even when you go to drill, say, a borehole, you will have someone who surveys and finds where the water is and at which depth. But somebody else will come and do the actual drilling. Therefore, it is good to have a register of all these professionals. If you look at Clause 18 of the Bill, you will find that there are proposed qualifications for anyone to hold this office. The qualifications are elaborate. You should be a holder of a degree or an equivalent from a polytechnic or a recognised college. You should also be a registered member of that society. This is what the Bill is proposing basically to regulate, coordinate and put this profession in order. This law will ensure that more professionals are attracted to the sector. This is because everybody is attracted to a professionally controlled sector. It will also attract investment and enhance improved service delivery in addition to modernising the sector to conform to emerging challenges such as climate change and increased water conflict. Hon. Deputy Speaker, you have made a ruling that at around 5.30 p.m. this House will discuss issues of drought in this country. This is being proposed to be a national disaster. Lack of water causes drought. If we established and controlled water points because of climate change it would affect all the issues on water. I think we can mitigate the issues or, at least, bring to minimum level this issue of persistent drought in this country. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move. I request the Member for Igambang’ombe to second."
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