Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1057508,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1057508/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 297,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndhiwa, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Martin Owino",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13449,
        "legal_name": "Martin Peters Owino",
        "slug": "martin-peters-owino"
    },
    "content": " I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This is a very important topic and I want to thank the Departmental Committee on Education and Research and the people who harmonised this Bill. Children need us at the very tender age. So, if you want to educate them, you will need to help them develop emotionally, cognitively and physically. I like this Bill for one thing. It brings all those things together. You need teachers who are trained and recognised by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), which this Bill is addressing effectively. Part III of this Bill deals with enforcement of the controlled systems. We may desire to achieve something, but if these control systems are not put in place, this will still be elusive to many of us. With our National Government Constituencies Development Funds (NG- CDF) which we lament about all the time, we make good classrooms from Class I all the way up. But because early childhood education is devolved, most of the structures are in bad shape and this provides bad environment for our children. So, I think, when we talk about those management structures, the infrastructure, we cannot talk of health education for our children and the environment is wanting. This is in many schools. So, when this Bill gets the wheels to move, resources become very important. I think we should either ring-fence the resources for the county government to build up the infrastructure for those kids, in an environment where they can access clean water, sanitation and all that they need to thrive in…"
}