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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Milgo",
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        "legal_name": "Milgo Alice Chepkorir",
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    "content": "something that needs to be done as a matter of urgency to ensure that special needs education is given the attention it deserves to ensure that no child is left behind. We should not talk about not leaving anyone behind then leave the special needs children. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you have spoken critically with a lot of passion about how parents with special needs children suffer. In this case, they will be able to go through an education system and be self-reliant. This will go a long way to actually relieve those particular parents or guardians. Madam Deputy Speaker, Kenya is implementing CBC, which is a skills intensive kind of education. It is our hope that with this Bill, special needs learners will further have teachers who have skills that speak to their needs more than ever before because their needs go beyond the ordinary child. Madam Deputy Speaker, apart from certain standards, we call upon the national Government in whatever they do, to ensure that they have the special supervisory unit which we usually call standards assurance unit that will ensure that whatever has been set out in the county governments is followed up to ensure that the proper standards are implemented. Madam Deputy Speaker, I say this, because Early Childhood and Development Education (ECDE) is one of the most challenging sectors of education. It is the foundation of education that must be delivered in a proper manner. However, most of the ECDE centres in our counties, which is a function of the counties are suffering a lot. This is because of the fact that the teachers that are supposed to teach in ECDE centres have been those from one level to another. The county government that is supposed to remunerate them keeps on blaming the national Government that it actually sent the functions of ECDE and never sent together with funding. When we spoke to the national Government, it says that the whole function was sent county governments but then they only lack issues of delivery. As I speak right now, ECDE centres have suffered a lot. The infrastructure may be put up but there is no proper sanitation and teaching materials, teachers are not sufficient, yet that is the function of the county governments. While special needs education is still a function of the national Government, most of the infrastructure which is supposed to be implemented by the county governments is domiciled at the counties. In this case, we expect that the special needs classrooms will be up to the specifications that is given out by the public board that designs and provide for necessary infrastructure. This Bill also seeks to ensure there are proper infrastructures in ECDE centres. We must construct classrooms bearing in mind that children with special needs require ramps and proper sanitary facilities. We need to create conducive environment for them to learn. Otherwise, they will be in school, but learning will not take place if they are not comfortable. County governments will establish assessment committees that will place children with the special needs in the right institutions so that learning takes place. Upon this particular Bill being assented to, there will be a board that will manage those particular 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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