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"content": " Sen. Mumma, you have had your opportunity. Allow other Senators to ask any other supplementary questions. Proceed, Sen. (Dr.) Boni. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, there has been additional strain on TTIs that have been promoted to become national polytechnics, with special reference to Shamberere in Malava Sub-County and Sigalagala National Polytechnic in Ikolomani Sub-County. While visiting, the President assured us that he was going to put up a number of hostels in those institutions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, could the Cabinet Secretary confirm how much money he has set aside for constructing hostels in those two institutions as directed by the President? When is construction going to commence? Could he also reassure our students that the other areas of need, like lack of playing grounds--- At Shamberere Technical Training Institute, there are thousands of children walking up and down with nowhere to play. The same applies to Sigalagala National Polytechnic. They end up going to Khayega Market and Kambi ya Mwanza to take alcohol in the afternoon instead of being involved in sports. How much have you put aside to expand sporting areas in those two institutions?"
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"content": " Hon. Cabinet Secretary, you have noted down those questions. We will take more, then you will respond at ago. Proceed, Sen. Agnes Muthama."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, I would like to congratulate the Cabinet Secretary because when he is invited by committees, he appears. We invited him and he appeared before the Committee on Education. Cabinet Secretary, keep it up so that we do not speak like you have heard Senators talk about the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning. My question is this, how long does training in VTCs and TVETs take? Is it six months, one year, three years, or four years? We see some students being trained for two to three months and they are out. That leaves some of us wondering if they qualified based on such a short time of training. Hon. Cabinet Secretary, there is also an issue of transfers that I brought to your attention. Please, answer me about that later."
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"content": " Hon. Cabinet Secretary (CS), you may proceed to respond."
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"content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The policy of upgrading polytechnics or Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions to national polytechnics is that each county needs to have at least one TVET being upgraded to a national polytechnic. Once that is done, the financial implications of that particular upgrade is assessed and it is included in the next financial year to ensure that the infrastructure in those institutions is developed to meet the status of national polytechnics. I may not have the exact amounts allocated to the specific institutions that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale has referred to, that is, Sigalagala and Shamberere, but I undertake to check the actual figures allocated to them and provide that answer, so that I do not give the wrong information. With respect to expanding other infrastructure, including play fields, we are working with the Ministry of Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports to ensure that we have facilities provided for, because they have a sports fund that is available to The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "develop and acquire extra land spaces to ensure that these institutions have enough space for expansion. In reference to Sen. Kavindu Muthama's question, in TVET institutions, the trainees graduate using specific stages. There are courses that take three months. These are skills that somebody gains by just being trained for three months and they are given certificates. Others that take two years. So, we have come up with a curriculum that is specific to the needs of the students. For example, if a student wants to come and just learn masonry, masonry cannot take six months. So, he is trained for three months, gains the masonry skill, he is accredited and given certification for that. He can leave to go and use that skill to gain employment, then come back if he wants to learn something else, whether plastering or he can move on. So, it depends on what course it is. In fact, we have done modularization of courses, where you can come in, study what you require, finish, go and gain employment somewhere else and come back and continue learning. Consequently, we have had to pass, for example, the specific policies, including the recognition of prior learning policy, which requires that if you have been trained outside the informal programme, you can come to an institution, showcase your skill, and you are awarded a certificate in order for you to move to the next stage. So it is staged and programmed depending on the course that one is taking. Thank you."
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"content": " Hon. Senators, we shall now move to Question No. 058. In the event that we save on time, we may come back to those Hon. Senators who still have supplementary questions on this particular Question. The Senator for Nairobi City County, Sen. Edwin Sifuna, please proceed."
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"content": "PROLONGED INDUSTRIAL ACTION BY LECTURERS AT THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KENYA"
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