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    "id": 826352,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sigor, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Lochakapong",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Lochakapong",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity. I rise to support this Motion by Hon. Kanyi that seeks to establish testing and certification centers in every constituency in the country. I want to begin by saying that it is important that we get centers where those who have acquired skills and knowledge through working in the informal sector can get certification. I am aware that it has been very difficult for these people to get formal employment because they have no document to show that they have some skill and knowledge that they have acquired through training in the job. I want to say that where I come from in Sigor Constituency, we have Kenyans who have acquired some skills in mechanic, masonry and carpentry and yet they have no document to show for the skills and knowledge that they have acquired over time. Most of these people have not had the opportunity to go through formal training either because they did not get the opportunity or they did not have fees or did not get access to the formal training centers. The Motion by Hon. Kanyi would come in handy to help these Kenyans to get at least a certificate for the skills and knowledge that they have acquired on the job. This Motion should also seek to decentralise the services of NITA so that we do not only have these services in four places in this country, but in all constituencies so that many Kenyans can access the services of NITA and through that, many of our Kenyans can acquire certification and the skills they require. I have a case in Sigor where we have an engineer who can design a road. It has become difficult for engineers that have already been trained to do the job they are trained for. I am aware of instances where people who have not gone through formal training are called upon to come and assist fix certain vehicles and certain problems that arise because those who have been employed and have gone through formal training cannot do it. I am also aware that the Government has had an initiative where we have TTIs in almost every constituency. Some are still being built. I wish that probably within the TTIs we can have a department in the short-run that can offer the testing and the certification for this apprenticeship. There are so many in this country and they contribute about 82.7 per cent of employment in this country. So, this is a Motion that we really need to support so that most of our people in the constituencies can access opportunities where they can get certification for the skills that they have acquired."
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