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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bunyasi",
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    "content": "It is clear there are games being played. So, quite beyond regulating the service, we must regulate the individuals so that lying and manipulating information can be punished severely. That cost has implications for the taxpayer. It will mean that if it is something that would have required small corrective measure, for example, it is hidden, so that when there is a catastrophe, the implications for the public are measured or if it is a value that is being assigned to something, it is exaggerated to enable rent seeking. So, the regulatory bodies must also bear the consequential responsibility from the decisions that are made by professionals of this kind or any other professionals. I want to end on the note that for professions that are going to be protected, it is not just how much they will charge. It must be something that is seen. You can feel and see a professional who you would call a building surveyor. If that is not the case, then we are just creating cards to collect rent from investors and other developers that are involved. So, while I support this, I really think it should also be an eye-opener for us to question more deeply the actual willingness, capacity and integrity with which the supervising bodies for these professionals work. There must be pain when they do not do it right. Usually, it is too late when they have done it wrong and they get over the hook. You cannot even get them to court. There are all kinds of ways through which this can be hidden. Secondly, Matiang’i has begun cracking down on quality of training. I think the providers of training in our higher institutions will look at areas of this nature and solidly define what they are supposed to be doing. With those few remarks, I would like to end by memorialising Mhe. Nyenze with whom I served on the NASA management committee that created NASA. He was a very diligent and forthright person. We know he has been unwell for a while, but we always assume that between the efforts of doctors and God, life can be extended. He was relatively a young person. He was younger than me for sure. It is sad that we have lost him. He is a very consummate Member of Parliament. He had been here for a very long time. As we all know, he was our Leader of the Minority Party in the 11th Parliament. The people of Nambale, through me, would like to express deep condolences on the passing of Mhe. Nyenze. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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