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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. First and foremost, let me put it on record that you, Madam Deputy Speaker and I, were in the Standing Committee on Education and we were able to shepherd through this Bill. We saw it as an important Bill because at the establishment of the Fourth Schedule of the county governments, the early childhood education was totally neglected under the Basic Education Act. I speak with knowledge because I was the then Minister for Education and I knew what was happening at that time. It was just an ad hoc business. Therefore, it was important. I thank the Mediation Committee led by senior counsel, Sen. Omogeni, and the Committee, which is present here. They went through various basic threads of the law that was incongruent with the other basic law of education that was in place. Sometimes, some of the clauses were totally irrelevant and inapplicable to the ECDE model. What this Bill and Mediation Committee has done is to put in order the procedure for registration of ECDE centres. It is important that you do not operate systems that have no regulations and legal framework. Therefore, that mediation has been a very important piece of legislation and medication to help us to put to order the early child education. For me, that is the foundational centre for our education. Without proper early childhood education, even the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) will not be able to take off very effectively. Therefore, this is a very important piece of legislation. This mediation was important so that we could iron out some of these areas in respect to registration and establishment of operations and boards of management. When we were seated there, we did not know how to fit in, whether you should have a separate body for a board of education at the county level or they should be merged together with the other County Education Board, which is in existence. I am glad that you found a mediation that marries the two centres saying that there should be a mediation committee, which is recognized at the county level within the County Education Board. To me, that is fundamental. It eliminates points of friction and sources of friction in terms of governance structures of educational system at the County Education Board level. I am happy that this has been taken into account. One area that I think all of us must be alive to it and must accept is that ECDEs have largely been run by Church Based Organizations (CBOs). There is very little to be seen in the public domain, the public schools. They did not even have time for ECDE. Even when the county governments built some of the ECDE centres, one of the things I have noted sitting at the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) is that, unfortunately, the primary sector took over the buildings and the 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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