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    "id": 1196611,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "As I congratulate the nominees, I see we have a new Cabinet Secretary for Education and I hope he will take this up. There are issues in TSC that have become very political. We must deal with them. We cannot politicize an institution that employs and is supposed to see our children move to the next level. For most of us education made us to come here. It made us move from one level to the next. The time we started politicising education and allowing schools to use different books that, is the time we destroyed education. Also, when we decided to have international school where our children can go and public schools where we can say today, we are changing the system and tomorrow teachers are being transferred. Last weekend, I attended a Board Meeting at Moi Girls High School Vokoli. I was very sad at that time because the Deputy Principal was transferred, yet this is a science school and they are about to do examinations. I wished TSC had waited for the kids do the examinations then, moved the teacher in January. Then I said to myself, I hope the Cabinet Secretary for Education will take action. He has no time and needs to move with speed to see how examinations of year 6 and standard 8 will be done. Are we ready for the year 6 to go to boarding schools? Yes, we are. Do we have the schools? Do we have the infrastructure? Do we have the facilities, especially the dormitories and dining halls? More importantly, we need to look at primary schools at the moment. The situation is so sad in Nairobi. You will find six kids on a desk. They write when their hands are behind because they are so squeezed. This makes me wonder what happened to the desks. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not understand why Ksh100 billion goes to books and publishers in this country. We publish books every year. During our days, the same books would be used for those who are moving to that class. What happened? Did we decide to make business with education, until we reached a point where our children in public schools wonder why they are discriminated? As I finalise, I support the Motion. We, as a House, must agree that we need a policy that will guide every sector. If a teacher wants to stay at home, it is fine. If those who are young can go and integrate with Kenyans, the better. For the unity of the country, education is what brings the rich and poor together. We must learn that. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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