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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Matayos, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Geoffrey Odanga",
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        "legal_name": "Geoffrey Makokha Odanga",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to support this Motion because quite a number of people out there need certification. Just recently in my constituency I was with a young man who is a Form Four leaver and had been working with one of his cousins who is qualified in building and construction. When we were doing one or two jobs in the constituency, I realised the boy has a lot of experience but he cannot directly ask for some of the jobs we are giving in the constituency. I advised him to attend one of the youth polytechnics we have but it is far away from his place. Despite this young man joining in August when others had started in January, the reports I have from the polytechnic are that he is doing very well particularly in the practicals. There are quite a number of people out there who want certification like mansions and carpenters. For every engineer there is a ratio of the number of artisans and technicians who do the actual job. Give most of the engineers we produce in the universities a public works job and they are not likely to do it. The people who do the actual work are those who completed Standard Eight or Form Four and joined those already in the field. This Motion will enable them to register their companies so that they can be awarded jobs directly. Instead of having many people who have gone up to the university attaining degrees which we think some have been acquired through dubious means, we should encourage these people. They are awarded contracts and after 20 minutes they are paid the whole amount, yet the people who will do that job are languishing down there. Looking at Vision 2030 and the Big Four Agenda, the workers in the informal sector need certification. The certificate centres need to be established in the constituencies because they are the nearest places. After all, for drives we have their certification centres all over. They share similar levels of education with those workers in the informal sector. In the world over, we know people who have made great discoveries but they did not get the highest level of education. Talk of Bill Gates and Microsoft, you will see it is important to recognise those guys who are working down there. We really need to assist them. Quite a number of them really need those certifications for upgrading their skills and education and even for the job market."
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