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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Milgo",
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        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
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    "content": "In addition, the President spoke a lot to the issues of supply of teaching and learning materials, to ensure that student to book ratio is achieved. If it is achieved, learning will be effective. Our teachers will find it easy to teach and we shall realize effective education in this country. Parents have been having many challenges because of COVID-19. They are not sure when schools will reopen. I thank the President for stamping his authority and imploring upon the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to come up with a calendar. Now we have a running calendar starting next year, which will save our parents’ anxiety and stress. Madam Temporary Speaker, the President talked about inclusivity. If Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve was here, she would be excited about the issue of inclusivity. When we talk of inclusivity, it goes beyond People with Disability (PWDs). There are those who are marginalized. Of late, we have realized that many of our girls are now young mothers and the President said we must ensure that they go back to school. Therefore, I hope we shall have the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology getting a team to identify these young mothers and placing them in schools, so that we achieve the 100 per cent transition rate that the President spoke to. One other important issue that the President spoke to is that in the next frontier, we will be talking about quality education as well as ensuring that physical infrastructure is assured in all the schools. The President went ahead and talked about the reason they thought of improving infrastructure in the next two years. It is to ensure that in the far-flung geographical areas of our country, we will guarantee a standardized form of infrastructure and ensure that we have the right number of classes, laboratories and desks. This will be one of the greatest achievements. One other important issue that the President talked about is the Big Four Agenda. Many people thought that the Big Four Agenda is lost, but he spoke to this issue seriously. I am happy that part of his thoughts is that he wants to make the youth not to be earners of wages, but owners of capital. If he can achieve that, we shall turn the economy of this country and be the most progressive. Another issue the President spoke to is issuing of title deeds. Land is a factor of production and a very emotive issue. There was a Petition in this House on land and people were almost coming out to fight. Giving out 4.5 million title deeds in only seven years is an issue worth lauding. Once people have gotten their title deeds, I am sure that they will settle down and carry out some activities on their land."
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