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    "id": 1044993,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Milgo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. First of all, let me start by thanking Sen. Beatrice Kwamboka, Sen. Petronila Were and all my colleagues for bringing such pertinent issues touching on education. My Committee has already planned its work with regard to Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). We want to look at the pedagogy, the learning institutions where we have these children with disabilities and the learning devices as well as teachers. We are already a half our work plan. That is one of the Statements that Sen. Kwamboka gave in line with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No.4 where we do not want anyone to be left behind. We know we have got a few years to ensure that this is achieved by the year 2030 so that PWDs are brought on board. There are a number of issues that have been raised around burning of schools, drugs and substance abuse. Many Senators have talked about these issues which are causing unrests in schools. For instance, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. said that some students are proud that they will go out to burn schools. We know there is an interplay between all these because there are students who use drugs. We have others who might be having some mental cases. This Committee will consult the HANSARD, so that we take up all these issues that have been raised by hon. Senators. I am sure we shall interrogate all these issues, including those touching on drugs, long stay away from learning institution due to COVID-19 pandemic and so on. Madam Deputy Speaker, it is a pity that after seven months of students being away from the learning institutions, they went back to schools and started burning them. We have witnessed them burning one school after another. It is like they are playing around because they are seeing what is happening in their neighbouring schools. In the past, there was a year we had many cases of burning schools. The Government set up a task force to establish the root cause of fire incidents in our schools. Devil worship in schools was cited as one of the causes. It also blamed teachers for lack of mentoring, proper guidance and counseling programmes in schools. We, as a Committee, want to get into the bottom of this and establish the cause root. One of the findings of this task force was that students are well taken care of in schools than at home. My colleagues have blamed lack of beating and corporal"
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