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    "id": 768869,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/768869/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Murugara",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to second the Bill as put across by the Deputy Chief Whip on behalf of the Leader of the Majority Party. The Bill before the House seeks to establish and regulate the body which will consist of building surveyors. It seeks to separate other surveyors from building surveyors, so that there is a distinction when it comes to legislation that regulates them. There is establishment of the building surveyors board which is the body that will regulate operations and conduct of building surveyors. It is a body that will have its own funds set aside. It will have the power to discipline building surveyors where it is perceived to be misconduct. It is a body that will use the due process to ensure that building surveyors conduct themselves professionally and in accordance with the law. The purpose of the Bill is to ensure that we have building surveyors who are available to the construction industry in the country. Sometimes the public does not make a distinction between building surveyors and other surveyors. The purpose of the Bill is to ensure that this distinction comes out clearly, correctly and in a manner that is understandable. The Bill deals with building surveyors throughout the Republic of Kenya. In as much as this will go to the county governments, the regulation of building surveyors will be from the national Government, an act that removes the Bill from the purview of legislation within the counties. It is a law that is long overdue and should have been enacted earlier than today. Therefore, it is my plea to the Members of Parliament that we pass this law, so that as soon as it comes into force, we have a set of laws that will regulate the profession of building surveyors. With those remarks, I beg to second."
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