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    "id": 1012154,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, the issue here is not opposing or supporting the CS for Education. It is what the President raised at the COVID19 Conference that we deal with ‘how’, then ‘when’ will follow. As I speak, the Ministry of Education has not told the country to any level of satisfaction as to what they have done to protect children who are going to school. We should not reduce this to opposing or supporting CS for Education Prof. Magoha. We want children in school, but we want to know whether they will be safe. Are we going to have a nurse stationed in every school in case of any problem? Are we going to have water provided in schools for sanitation for the leaners? Are we going to have protection for the teachers? Are we going to test the teachers regularly so that they do not infect the learners and vice versa? These are the questions. As I speak, CS Prof. Magoha and his Ministry have not given the public any hint whatsoever as to the level of preparedness for the schools. If he says that he is calling exam classes and they finish exams by January and leave school, on what basis will the remaining classes transition to the next class? This also we need to be told so that we do not have the situation where schools are being run in a manner that is inconsistent even with public policy. We know COVID-19 may be here longer than we expect and life must normalize. Tanzania is going on. Take a county such as Trans Nzoia which is a neighbour to both your county and mine; there is a resurgence of COVID- 19. Has he paid attention to a county such as that to see that extra care is being taken to ensure that children who will go to school will be safe? Let not Sen. Farhiya reduce Sen. Cherargei’s Statement to a simplistic approach that we support or oppose. That is not the question. Are we ready and if so, how?"
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