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    "id": 769435,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. F.K. Wanyonyi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2065,
        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": "Coming to this Bill, I also want to take this opportunity to support it. I think we will make some amendments when it comes to the Committee of the whole House. This is just a profession like any other which we have, in the past in this House, given some standalone laws, so that it is on its own instead of grouping it with other professions. This makes it very difficult to identify. I know for sure that with the passage of this Bill with the amendments that will be brought, the profession will have a board with its own regulations. As it is said here, the activities are also going to be regulated. This is a good thing because looking at what my colleagues have mentioned, we have quacks in this field. I recently engaged one of them and I did not even know his qualifications. He came to me and said that he was a qualified surveyor. The guy did not even give me receipts for the money I have given to him. I do not even know how much he is supposed to be paid. Of course, I kept giving him money. He has not even completed the work that has taken almost six months. So, this board will regulate how much one is supposed to pay for whatever services. This is good because one will know how much to pay like we known when we go to a doctor for consultation. This guy did not have any of those. With the passage of this Bill, we will be able to know what is supposed to be done. As my colleagues have said, some of them inherit licences from their brothers, sisters or fathers who pass on. In Part IV, this will not happen. Once somebody is dead, their name will be deleted from the register and this is a good thing. We have people lined up there and you do not even know their qualifications. Some of them did not even go beyond Form Four, but they seem busy carrying briefcases. Clients are tempted to thing that these people are going to give them the service they require. Once you engage these quacks, they take you round in circles. So, those who have been acquiring licences from the dead, this is their time. They should count their days. Secondly, if one is convicted of some offence, like the one I have given of giving money without knowing how much I am supposed to give, action will be taken. The quacks will ask for money, go to Bungoma and comes back with nothing. Then he waits for another two weeks and comes back to ask for some more money. After the passage of this Bill, we will know the specific amounts one is supposed to pay for whatever service. When we come to the Committee of the whole House, we will pass this board. This is a very important profession like any other because it deals with properties. The professionals should be able to take insurance so that in case they are responsible for any harm, the insurance can pay for the damages caused by whoever did the particular job. In the Committee of the whole House, we should be able to add that the professionals must take insurance covers, so that in case of a problem, the insurance company can help them pay for whatever damages have been caused. Therefore, I take this opportunity to support the Bill. I am looking forward to amendments. I support. Thank you."
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