Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has asked the Engineers Board of Kenya to weed out quacks to protect the integrity of the profession. https://bit.ly/47CEHLj
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00:00 Engineering is a critical enabler to realize of SDGs, Agenda 2063 of the African Union
00:06 and Kenya's Vision 2030.
00:09 As underpinned by the bottom-up economic transformation agenda, BETA is our government plans of socio-economic
00:15 transformation.
00:16 As we engineer a new world, rapid urbanization in Kenya and Africa has been put to test,
00:23 especially in collapsing of buildings, bridges and other infrastructure.
00:28 We lose people to collapsing buildings and substandard roads, mostly linked to unqualified
00:34 or uncertified practitioners in the industry.
00:39 This puts the reputation of the profession under question over competency of members.
00:45 We are ready to work with the Engineers Board of Kenya and other relevant agencies in clamping
00:50 down quarks.
00:52 Through the RIO Ministries, we invite you for an engagement on legal and policy frameworks.
01:02 Besides monitoring and regulating education and training, eliminating intruders is one
01:07 of the ways of restoring dignity to the engineering profession.
01:12 On this note, I wish to declare the 30th Institution of Engineers of Kenya Annual International
01:19 Convention and the 18th General Assembly of the World Council of Civil Engineers officially
01:27 open.
01:28 [applause]
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