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    "id": 1048974,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Milgo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13174,
        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
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    "content": "Counties allocate at least 10 per cent of their budget on Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) towards this vulnerable group; and, b) Policy is developed to incorporate the needs of children who are less than three years of age. Madam Temporary Speaker, this Motion was developed based on the fact that while there are many education policies, there is no policy to speak to the under four years. In fact, when the new system of education, 2-6-3-3 replaced the 32-year-old 8-4-4 system, it only took the children who are four years and above to Pre-Primary 1 (PP1) and PP2 and left out the ones under three years of age. The ECDE experts called upon county governments and the Department of Basic Education to develop daycare policy to protect children, bearing in mind that it is through this that we will lay a firm foundation for schooling in the future. Research has established that it is at this level of one to six years, where the foundation of schooling begins. In this case, most day care centres currently out there, are not child friendly and not even habitable. Article 53(b), (c) and (e) stipulates the rights of the children to education, nutrition, shelter and parental care. When we leave out the one to three years, it means we are not achieving their rights. Therefore, we are calling upon the Government, particularly the Ministry of Education, to ensure this gap is bridged. Madam Temporary Speaker, I chair the Committee on Education and during our interrogation, we found that enrolment had dropped in all ECDE centres across counties. The reasons advanced for this was that children of one to three years were left out. It was because of the fact that the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) only took the four- year-olds and above. Therefore, there is need to establish daycare centres which are important to bridge this gap. If daycare centres are properly put up---"
}