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    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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    "content": "Motion. I am praying that this is not one of those Motions that are going to end at just urging the Government. I congratulate the Mover of this Motion for that reason. The model of certification that is being suggested here is actually going to be playing catch-up. It is going to be playing catch-up because out there, our young people are already trained. The model in which they are training through is called apprenticeship. In fact, it is a most amazing model of learning because you learn on the job. What we are saying is not that we are going to get individuals who have no idea in what they are doing and certify them. We are actually saying that we are going to get people who are already in practice and get them to formally be certified and be recognised by the Government for what they do. I come from the constituency that you would call the capital city of apprenticeship in this country. We all know the work that is done by the artists from Dagoretti South Constituency. You see them lining up in both sides of Ngong Road with artefacts that are very well crafted and could stand the test of artistry anywhere in the world. They are gifted, but those individuals, who are practising their carpentry, welding and everything else that they do, lack only one thing – the paper to certify the good work they do. That is why I stand here to support this Motion. I want to add that beyond just suggesting that the training should be certified, I want to suggest a model of how it can be done. The Government today is working on improving our TVET institutions around the country. Let us take advantage of existing TVETs. In our Dagoretti South Constituency, we have Kinyanjui Technical College and Waithaka Technical College. Let those technical institutions be the ones certifying using the model that is globally recognised called in-practise or in-job certification. As such, those institutions can give a nationally recognised traders certificate from already existing technical institutions. Anyone who learns on the job is better off than someone who goes to get a paper by learning in a classroom. In fact, it is the great Benjamin Franklin who said: “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” We are called upon today to do something that our future selves will thank us for doing. So, I call upon this House to support Hon. Charles Njagua in passing this Motion and call upon the Mover, mheshimiwa for Starehe to make sure that this does not stop just as a Motion that urges the Government to do it but actually takes the necessary steps to make sure that it is implemented. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I said when I was beginning, I cannot express my gratitude for the opportunity that you have given me to contribute to this very important Motion. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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