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"speaker_name": "Kitui Rural, WDM",
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"content": "This Bill seeks to address some of these challenges. The main objective of the Bill is to provide a framework for regulating professionals in the sector, enhance standards, promote professionalism and address professional misconduct. Most people fear this sector because the people working there do not have a very good reputation."
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"content": "This Bill also seeks to establish the Insurance Institute of Kenya and an Examination Board that will regulate the exams taken by professionals in this sector. The proposed Insurance Institute of Kenya is expected to regulate professional conduct and maintain the standard of services rendered by professionals in this sector. This Institute will be equivalent to the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK), whereby professionals in the sector who misbehave will be penalised and put in order. Part 4 of the Bill provides for the registration of insurance professionals. It will ensure that professionals are registered, allowing for monitoring of their conduct. Those who will go against the provided regulations will be punished. There will also be a registration committee whose mandate will be the registration of professionals, just like the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK), which ensures that all accountants are registered and monitored. The Bill aims to promote the recognition of insurance professionals in Kenya and beyond, just as what happens with accountants. Additionally, the Bill provides for the establishment of the Insurance Professionals Examinations Board, which will be entrusted with preparing syllabuses and setting exams. When we were conducting public participation, we realised that the College of Insurance is currently tasked with setting exams, and some courses take only two weeks. One would wonder how a person can attend a two-week course and become a professional. These are the kinds of standards we are talking about. This Examinations Board will prepare the syllabus, set exams, reconcile those exams and issue certificates. Anybody who will undertake those exams will be recognised as a professional. As I mentioned, this sector currently has no professional examination board. If this Board is established, it will mean that a student taking a course in Kesses, Kitui Rural, or Mwea can take exams in those colleges because they would be the same for everyone."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. David Mwalika",
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"content": "This Bill is very important. It will enhance insurance penetration and streamline the conduct of people working in this sector. Additionally, people will not lose their claims as it has been happening. With those few remarks, I support the Bill."
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"content": " Thank you. Let us have the Member for Kitui Central, Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu."
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"speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also join my colleague, Hon. Mboni, in supporting this Bill. It is important that this Bill is in the House today. You will recall that it was introduced in the 12th Parliament but did not see the light of day. The 12th Parliament’s Term ended before it could become an Act of Parliament. I hope that we will see it go through this time. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "This Bill is very important and has remained so for many years. In my view, we are doing it a bit late. We should have had this Bill many years ago. The insurance sector is very important and plays a key role in assisting the country to grow economically. This Bill captures some critical areas that need to be worked on for an effective insurance sector in Kenya. One of the areas is the establishment of the Institute, which will determine who an insurance professional is. To be called a professional, you must have undergone some minimum hours of training. This is one of the sectors where we have \"briefcase\" insurance brokers and agents, and as a result, our people have suffered. I am sure you, or any of my colleagues, know of a person who took fire insurance but was never compensated when the worst happened. We have so many such cases in this country. When they come to sell the policy to you, they do everything to convince you to buy, but when it is time for compensation, the wars begin. Through this Bill, we will have professionals who will get claims paid on time, as this is critical."
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"content": "The other important issue is the examination administered to these professionals. In most professions, there are minimum lecture hours that you must cover to be qualified. The same case applies to members of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK), lawyers and engineers. You will not be regarded as a certified professional in that area unless you have achieved that. That is why, in this country, some universities that attempt to offer engineering degrees are deregistered by the Institute of Engineers of Kenya (IEK) because they do not meet the minimum requirements. The same will apply to this Bill. We will have professionals who have completed a minimum number of lecture hours to ensure you become certified. In that case, we will be standardising the training so that whether one is trained from Nairobi, Mombasa or Kisumu, at the end of the day, they will be regarded as a professional because they have met the minimum hours to complete the course."
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"content": "Another important issue is having a data bank of certified insurance professionals so that if one wants to ascertain whether one is a registered insurance professional, one can do so by visiting an office or clicking a button. That will help Kenyans differentiate between genuine professionals and brokers, as there is so much money in this sector that brokers outnumber professionals. I want to see that situation reversed where we have more professionals than brokers. If we get to that level, we will be helping the country."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu",
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"content": "Even as the Committee looks into this Bill and pushes it forward, I wish the House can give priority to this Bill to be passed and become an Act of Parliament so that it improves our insurance sector."
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"content": "As I conclude, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I commend the good work done by the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) in this country and urge it to look at the existing gaps. Here are people who have been involved in accidents and never received compensation, as well as those whose insured homes were destroyed by fire but have not been compensated. Insurance companies take so long to settle claims that when they do, they no longer serve the intended purpose during the accident or loss of property. I wish that through IRA, we could help Kenyans settle their insurance claims promptly so they do not suffer. One gets insurance to cover themselves from emergencies and be bailed out when they happen."
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