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    "id": 825400,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/825400/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 107,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Starehe, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Charles Njagua",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13283,
        "legal_name": "Charles Kanyi Njagua",
        "slug": "charles-kanyi-njagua"
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    "content": "THAT, aware that the informal sector constitutes an important component of the economic activities and development process in Kenya representing about 82.7 per cent of the employment in the country; further aware that the workers in the informal sector engage in commercial activities outside the realm of the formerly established mechanism since there is no clear policy framework in workplace to regulate their operations by the Government; noting that most workers in the informal sector acquire skills and knowledge mainly through apprenticeship that has no access to technical skills upgrading as they may lack requisite academic certificates, recognising that apprenticeship in the informal economy represents the main road map to skills development in most developing countries and appreciating that the National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) through its training centres in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu and Athi River plays an important role in industrial training, targeting workers in the informal sector; this House urges the Government to establish suitably located and facilitated training and testing centres in every constituency to access the experience and competence of the apprentice workers, particularly in the informal sector and consider putting in place mechanism to have them awarded certificates based on their competencies and acquired skills. Hon. Deputy Speaker, to conclude, I want to move a Motion for Adjournment; that this House should suspend normal business…"
}