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    "id": 1050350,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Milgo",
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        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, this is a big plus more specifically because, as I said, looking at ECDE centers, the landscape is a very rugged one. Every county is doing it their own way. We found out that there are counties that have gone much ahead; others are still fine, while others are very good in terms of learning and teachers. Some are good in terms of infrastructure, but the learning facilities are not in place. Others are good in terms of wash materials, while some are very poor in everything. This Bill has come at the right time, to ensure that we shall solve this issue once and for all. I am sure that this Bill will speak to the gap that the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) has left in terms of leaving some children behind. Madam Deputy Speaker, recently, I had a Motion that was speaking to the playgroup that the CBC left behind. As Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri said, that is why we keep on talking about amendments; amending the Constitution, Bills and Acts. The reason we keep on amending is to add the most current issues. Education and the curriculum is not stagnant, but all the time very dynamic. We have to align our Constitution and the Bills, to be brought up to speed in terms of what is happening right now. Madam Deputy Speaker, I am very excited more specifically because this Bill has taken almost seven years since it was introduced in Parliament. Many stakeholders have been calling me in the recent past. When the Committee on Mediation took up this challenge, it was during that Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) period when it was so much of a challenge. They were able to brave this because their first meeting was supposed to be physical. At that time, we were not allowed to meet physically. We had to seek permission to allow this group to meet. The stakeholders have been writing and sending many messages to me all the time. Once this Bill passes, or rather maybe from today, I will be able to inform them that we are now a step closer to concluding this Bill. If it goes through to be assented, I will stand up and be counted as having been the Chairperson of the Committee on Education at the time. Notwithstanding, this Bill was started by my predecessors."
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