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    "id": 1092445,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Prof.) Jacqueline Oduol",
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        "legal_name": "Jacquiline Adhiambo Oduol",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would also like to support the request for a Statement by Hon. Keter because of 100 per cent transition policy. Like other policies, 100 per policy was an effort to, not only come up with regulation, but also administrative action. I understand that, as Members of Parliament, we are frustrated because it is our role to exercise oversight. However, allow me to humbly say, not just as someone who is an educationist by training, but because I know how Hon. Kandie was frustrated by the professor, as we seek for 100 per cent transition, let us not encourage a culture that is beginning to take root in our country where we ridicule people for taking the very education that we want to ensure we get 100 per cent transition. I have sat here this afternoon and I believe that education is not just how we go to school and the transition that we get, but as Hon. Millie has indicated, it is holistic. That is why we want all our children to be there. Therefore, as I support this request for a Statement, I would also like to remind Hon. Members that we have a responsibility to look at the policy. The matters that we are raising here require that even as we deal with issues of budget, we need to be asking ourselves whether there is room to have a dialogue or conversation, respectfully to keep focus and make progress, given the challenges that we have. I conclude by indicating that when we see projects such as the ones sponsored by the World Bank being put on hold, I confirm that it is easy to point fingers at the CS and the PS, when you are looking at it from the outside. However, I am very happy that the parliamentary system will allow us to hear from the CS. I would urge that, because of the manner in which our country is increasingly developing, there should be ways of getting all kinds of shortcuts as we embark on activities. We should allow the Ministry to get back to us and ensure that we encourage all of our children to go to school. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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