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    "id": 769422,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "always had it prepared, well written down, but he never read it. Somehow, he mastered it which means he worked a lot on it. This House and the people of Kitui West will miss a great man. May almighty God rest his soul in eternal peace and also protect his family. I rise to support the Bill on building surveyors. There is a great need for regulation, maintenance or standards in the building environment. There is a very fine distinction when we talk about building surveyors. There is a difference between them and other surveyors that are in the market. These are building surveyors and their area of operation is building environment. There is a big problem in the country now about adherence to building standards and even maintenance of buildings that are in place and ensuring that they comply with environmental standards. We are all aware of the many buildings that collapse, some during construction, others after they have been constructed when people are staying there. That falls in the domain of building surveyors to pick the defects. They are probably not involved in the design and the construction, but they are the quality assurance people in the built environment sector. They are concerned with certification and maintenance of buildings, inspection of building, testing and classification of buildings in terms of what the buildings should be used for. They give certificates on conditional surveys to give the conditions of the house. They prepare dilapidation schedules so that if a building is dilapidated, it should be brought down, be repaired, refurbished or renovated. They give occupation certificates. They also give inspection reports on buildings. So, to a large extent, this is a very important service to us particularly in this country where as we are growing, buildings are coming up everywhere. They also prepare guidelines in the maintenance of buildings. In fact, they have produced the building maintenance manual that is currently being used in this country. One problem is that many building surveyors are in Government departments. That is why you will rarely see a Government building collapsing during construction. If these buildings are to be renovated, they are properly done. These are the cadres of professionals that deal with this. Unfortunately, this service is not widespread in the private sector. You can understand why most of the disasters tend to occur in the private sector. There is, therefore, need to extend this. With this Bill, these services will be extended to the private sector in terms of the same regulation, control and inspections."
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