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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Milgo",
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        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to support the adoption of the report of the Mediation Committee on the Early Childhood Education Bill. I thank this Committee led by senior counsel Sen. Omogeni; a man of no mean standing, together with Members of the National Assembly and my able Committee Members, Sen. (Dr.,) Zani, Sen. Seneta, Sen. Iman who were members of the Committee who managed to mediated and come up with this important Bill. I congratulate them for the job well done. I am excited that out of the mediation, we will enact this Bill. In addition to this, let me congratulate my predecessors, the former Member of Parliament who started this Bill, Hon. Karaba who did not manage to bring it to conclusion. I also congratulate Sen. (Dr.) Lang’at, who was deputized by the Madam Deputy Speaker of this House, Sen. (Prof.) Kamar. There were great minds in that Committee just like now. Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri was a member with a lot of input having served as the Cabinet Minister for Education. I had my colleagues Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve and Sen. (Dr.) Zani who were Members of the first Committee before the current one. I also commend my current Committee members who were excited and ensured that the Bill was brought to conclusion. I must say that the Early Childhood and Development Education (ECDE) plays a very important role as a foundation of learning to our children. Therefore, it is important to get it right the first time. This afternoon, we even got a Statement from Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve, talking about language. This majorly affects even ECDE centers. We learnt that children grasp issues at an early age and this affects their latter years. I am happy that this Bill will go a long way to be in line with the Basic Education Act No.14 of 2013, so that issues of ECDE will be streamlined. There were six contentious issues, and the way the Committee on Mediation agreed, I am also in agreement. For example, Clause 28 was actually speaking to issues of sponsor. As a person who has been in education for a long time, a sponsor plays a critical role not only in terms of infrastructure, financing and other management issues, but also in terms of feeding the soul, which goes a long way in enhancing discipline. In addition to that, when a child is disciplined, we also breed better ethical values out of these sponsors. I am happy that the spiritual function was accepted to be part of this. Madam Deputy Speaker, in addition to this, the one other clause that was also very critical is Clause 36 that was talking about the qualifications of teachers, first of all, 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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