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    "id": 1013900,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for also giving me this opportunity to say something. I want to support this petition. Issues affecting the Ministry of Education currently are so numerous that they require a lot of attention even from this House. If we remember from 2013, there were so many robust changes in the Ministry of Education that took place including free secondary education that I really tend to think some times that maybe the country was not even ready for it simply because schools have been left like that in the name of free education. They are so populated yet there are no teachers. Parents have continuously been employing teachers but most of them have not been paid for a long time and we saw another Statement in this House last time to that effect. You remember the introduction of laptops that are not even functional up to now. These issues around the education sector should be addressed. This is a very critical issue. First of all, this country has a high unemployment rate. These particular suppliers who are affected are people who are trying to engage in self-employment in a very simple way by supplying some items to schools. The moment they are not paid, these particular people are discouraged. We have heard that some of them borrowed loans and now their properties are being auctioned. This is something that is very serious which we need to address urgently. This particular issue should be taken by the committee concerned, very seriously so that we save these people. I know very well the procurement process begins with a budget that has already been put in place. So sometimes these particular issues arise as a result of corruption. These people are intentionally failing to pay the suppliers. Even during this COVID-91 situation, you can hear the Cabinet Secretary for Education saying that schools are opening next month, and even before that month ends, he says they will be closed up to January. The schools and the parents are so much confused. So much must be addressed in the Ministry of Education. I support this petition. I would like to say that the committee that is going to address this particular issue must save these small scale suppliers. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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