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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to ask the Cabinet Secretary whether the schools that were destroyed and affected by the bandits in Turkana County have been constructed."
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"content": " So, Cabinet Secretary, you have various questions and you can just sum up your response to all of them."
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"content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The first Question is from the Senator for Murang’a, who is my Chair of the Standing Committee on Education. I would like to assure the House that all the necessary preparations for senior school will commence with effect from 2026 and are in top gear. First, we have been able to look to at the aspect of infrastructural development. According to our assessment, it will be three years and the number of classrooms and laboratories in the existing"
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"content": "secondary schools is quite adequate. So, they will accommodate all our needs as far as infrastructural development is concerned. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you can also confirm that this since 2022, this administration has put in place good arrangements for teacher recruitment. Up to now, we have recruited 56,750 teachers right from primary, junior, all the way to senior school. In order for us to prepare these teachers to be properly equipped in matters of junior and senior school, we have undertaken lecturing in areas of pedagogy. We have also worked on the curriculum not only for primary and junior schools, but the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) and have made the necessary preparations, such that when we come to 2026, we can have the curriculum in place. As rightly said, we shall have three pathways. One is Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), the other one is Social Sciences-commonly known as humanities, and the other one is Performing Arts, Music and Athletics. This will be just like the years we went to school. After Form Four, we had Form Five and Form Six. If you were good in sciences or wanted to take a line in sciences, you were free to do so. We want to nurture talent. Not all of us can be talented in sciences or humanities. Some of us are good in athletics and performing arts and we want to develop and nurture talent, which has been identified. We are coming up with a plan. We have come up with a Sessional paper, which will be discussed in Parliament plus the many amendments we have come up with emanating from the recommendations made by the presidential working party. It will have specific answers. There might be areas where we shall have pure STEM and in others a rolling mixture of schools undertaking humanities and pure sciences. However, I do not want to preempt that particular debate because I know the Sessional Paper 1 will be discussed in Parliament and we will agree on which way to go. Concerning capitation, I think there was a Question from the Hon. Senator for Kakamega County. In that particular Question, I have indicated specifically where we are as far as matters capitation are concerned. I also want to confirm that, of course, the Government is committed to this. These are issues that are enshrined in the Constitution. We cannot run away from Article 53(1) (b). In the basic primary and secondary, we shall continue giving capitation. Of course, the amounts supposed to be given in primary is Ksh1,420 per learner. In Junior School, we are supposed to give Kshs15,040 per learner per year and in Senior School, we are supposed to give Kshs22,240. However, for the past six years, because of the reduced allocations--- From FY 2017/2018 the amount given was not exactly Kshs22,000, but Kshs21,000. Progressively as years have moved on, last Financial Year the amount we gave was Kshs17,000 per learner. We are having discussions with the National Treasury on this. The Cabinet has directed accordingly because the allocation to education is based on numbers of students at whatever level. It is based on this that we get an allocation. We are putting up a good case. Once the National Treasury and Parliament allocate adequate resources, we will restore the figures as given in 2018 at Kshs22,000"
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"content": "for senior schools. That way, our schools will not experience the kind of challenges we are undergoing now. Moving forward, we hope that things will be better than they have been before. The other question was by Sen. (Dr.) Oburu on losing cases. Out of five cases we have had in court, we won two and lost three. When you go to a court of law, sometimes you win and sometimes you do not. We are putting up a serious fight and we are hopeful. When the Ministry is taken to court, we prepare the necessary documents and it is the Attorney-General who represents us. We will not let it go. The other question was engagement with local communities where schools are situated. Before the Government said that parents should not give any amount of money, public schools used to be free, but some individuals would charge money. The problem came about when we stopped that. We directed that public schools should not charge parents any money. That is when fights started where they wanted to get control of schools. They wanted to operate like private schools. Faculties in Technical Training Institutes (TTIs) vary from one to another. However, we are encouraging all our TTIs, particularly those offering technical courses like building, civil engineering, electrical engineering, automotive, and mechatronics, and other business courses like design and fashion, hospitality, and other agricultural courses. As I have said, it varies from one TTI to another. Nonetheless, we encourage faculties in the TTIs to have a minimum of five programmes. That is why in the last financial year, the Government employed 1,300 trainers. This year, we are in the process of hiring another 2,000 trainers, so that our TTIs are well-equipped as far as teaching and other equipment are concerned. We are also in the process of acquiring 71 pieces of equipment for 71 TTIs, such that they are equipped for all the required programmes. We lost the case against Bondo Technical Training Institute and we have taken note of it. We will take it from there. On Marsabit County, the Hon. Senator knows that ever since my appointment, I have been in Marsabit three times. We have been able to engage with the local leaders very seriously on matters education and we have been able to agree on the way to go. Additionally, I was the chief guest in Marsabit during the Education Day attended by the local Members of Parliament (MPs) and Governor. We agreed on what to do on matters education, so that we can improve the quality and performance of education and we will be able to collaborate in order for us to be able to do that. On Samburu County, I am aware there have been those cases particularly in Baringo and Turkana and because of that, you are aware that we gave funds to Turkana schools. I can confirm this, Hon. Senator."
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"content": "On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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"content": " Just a minute, Hon. Cabinet Secretary. What is your point of order?"
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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, a quick one. My question was on the issue of hijab wearing in North Horr. There is a problem and that is what I asked."
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