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    "id": 928868,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Rangwe, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Lilian Gogo",
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        "legal_name": "Lilian Achieng Gogo",
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    "content": "Directors are very important persons, especially when it comes to the management and running of institutions. It cuts across the board because directors work in private institutions as well us in our Government systems. What makes me really want to put a lot of emphasis on my support for this Motion is the need that has been alluded to, that it is voluntary. It will require that one volunteers without being coerced. That would also make it be known to us that, where we have such institutes, we have several institutes dealing with various disciplines. For instance, we have the Institute of Food Technologists. Where such institutes exist, we have high performance exhibited by boards. If we have in place an institute of directors, the board of directors would have their performance grow and improve depending on the particular skills and training that they would get from that kind of an institution, which should be put in law and run properly. The Institute of Directors of Kenya would stand for free enterprise, entrepreneurism, wealth creation and good corporate governance. When it comes to good corporate governance, we have had our country go through a lot of pain, especially with regard to the issue of corruption. If persons were to join the Institute of Directors of Kenya, I believe that would be the point of training them against practices such as corruption. It would be very important given the point where our country has reached. Let us give this Motion the support it requires. I am also thinking of market-driven courses that such an institute would offer. We have the management of our learning institutions in our basic education systems. We have boards of managers in our high schools. Boards of managers are given tenure of about two years. Most of the people who run or manage our schools, some of them lack basic skills. If we were to have this institute in place and anchored in law, it would offer necessary skills to persons given the responsibility to run our schools as managers in the boards. When it comes to looking for opportunities for manpower development, the Institute of Directors of Kenya will look at best practices to instill in members or people who will take their trainings and benchmark with other places where this has been successful, especially in the United Kingdom (UK) and South Africa. So, I support this Bill. Many times, as I have mentioned before, our systems and institutions are suffering from corruption because of the inadequacy of certain boards. It will be important to have the Institute of Directors of Kenya evaluate the performance of the boards that are in place, identify weaknesses of these boards, if any, and provide the necessary training and skills that would bring about better management practices and good practices for running our institutions. On promotion of good governance, we have had situations where our institutions go under for the simple reason that the oversight role is not done well. So, if we were to have the Institute of Directors of Kenya in place, it will mitigate many of these problems that we are facing as a country. So, I am supporting this Bill and I request my colleagues to support it as well. This Bill had been previously brought to this House and debated. It has been brought back to the House through another Member. That is a clear indication that there is need to have the Institute of Directors of Kenya. Thank you."
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