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"content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, there are educators and tutors who are currently pretending to be doing the job of ECDE. If you take your little loved one to an educator or tutor, who is aggrieved, upset or discouraged, I assure that the results will not be nice. The same applies if you take your little one to some remote ECDE programme, where the teacher has not been paid for two months, he or she is on strike and many things are going on. If you do not pay close attention to that child, you will find that most of the times, the child will be unhappy, and so he or she will not realize his or her full potential. Therefore, it is important as we debate this Motion, to also speak to those whom resources we have placed, to ensure that those who are responsible for hiring and welfare of our tutors take that responsibility seriously. If you are an employer, and you are careless with your words, you demotivate these people. You will be sending the children of those whom we represent to a hostile and frustrated environment, which becomes abusive. When I went to primary school in the 1970s, we used to carry pangas, hoes, axe and other things. The authority that the teachers had, particularly because of the frustrations they had, was visited on us in a negative sense. A teacher would flog you so mercilessly. I went to many schools because I used to live with a teacher, who got transferred from one place to another. One time, I witnessed a situation in one of my primary schools, where the father of a particular boy who had been flogged badly came to school with a shield and spear. All of us, particularly those us who lived with the teachers, fled from the school. That particular boy whom we were in the same class dropped out of school. When I meet him lately, he is an angry person whose productivity has declined. I see the social and economic distance we have travelled with the same people we were with in school, but he has not travelled much far. I believe that his children might face similar disadvantages. Madam Temporary Speaker, this is a wonderful Motion. It is a reminder to the Government that its fundamental duty is to look after the vulnerable and fix issues that affect the people that need assistance. Many people with resources are well resourced and can sort themselves out. Since the majority of Kenyans are consumers and broke, I believe that investing in ECDE is the proper foundation and right direction to take by both governments. Governments must listen because if they do not, there will be a lot of disillusionment and cynicism. A revolution might arise out of that from these children, whose future we are holding as worthless. Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank you, for giving me the opportunity to make my remarks on this matter. Sen. (Dr.) Milgo, this is wonderful. Take it to the next level. We will walk together. All you need is to broaden it and emphasize the issue of rural poverty. You have mentioned urban areas and townships. However, I believe that if you go back to your backyard, there is more need. Probably, there is more desperation in such areas than in urban areas. I thank and congratulate you for moving this key Motion. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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