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    "id": 826342,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/826342/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisauni, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mbogo Ali",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ali Menza Mbogo",
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    "content": " Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to air my voice on this important Motion that has been brought to the Floor. As you are aware, many of our youth, not only the youth but also the elderly of above 35 years old, never had an opportunity of completing KCPE at the primary school level or even the secondary school level. They ended up dropping out of schools because of one reason or another. Most of these Kenyans are highly skilled. They have learnt the skills from the various areas they have gone to seek employment. Like at the construction sites, you will find the best masonries. They never went to any institution to learn that skill. They learnt it through hands-on training on the construction site. You will find that the best mechanics in this country have learned their skills at garages in this country. The best electricians and plumbers have also learnt this way. At the end of the day, they do not have a document or certificate to show that they have been accredited by any institution in this country. Why? The reason is that they never went through formal education training. Some of these are the best. The testing at NITA is mostly based on theory work. These people never had an opportunity of sitting in a class or they dropped halfway. So, it is important to think on how best we can test these young men and women when we are discussing this matter and decide to devolve the testing centres to the constituency level. That is not only on the theory side but also on the practical side. That is what they have learnt in the various places where they were trained. The Government today has spent so much money to roll out Technical Vocational Education and Training Institutions (TVETs) in each and every constituency. These TVETs are financed by the taxpayers’ money. It is my wish that we do not have to reinvent the wheel. It is a matter of expanding the TVETs to have a department that can conduct the testing in each constituency and we will end up spending very little money on that angle. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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