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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kathiani, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Robert Mbui",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon Speaker. I rise to second the Motion on appointment of Members to the House Business Committee. This Committee is critical and important in the management of affairs of the House. It is a Committee that decides on prioritisation of Bills and Motions that come to the Floor of the House. We shall ensure that we prioritise for debate Bills and Motions that are important – Bills and Motions that touch and affect the lives of Kenyans. Hon. Speaker, as we prioritise on the Motions going forward, there are some things that are happening out there. I think it is important that we figure out how to address them as a House. This is because it is part and parcel of what we must deal with. I remember that a while ago, we had requested you to respond to the matter as to how we can deal with decisions that have the effect of law and yet, they circumvent Parliament. Presently, we know that it is totally against Article 94(5) of the Constitution. As we open this Session, I sympathise with the children of this country, particularly those who are in Grade Seven because the Ministry of Education has been notorious for continuously making laws without the approval of this House. It is very unfortunate because the whole of the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) was developed without any regulations. The Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) Taskforce that was set up by the President generated a report that has never been discussed, but it is already being implemented. We must find a way as a House to defend the children of this country and make sure that we put in place systems that will help them because they are suffering. Hon. Speaker, there are schools which have been closed because they had few children. Those children were taken to other schools. Right now, there are schools with excess children while others have a few children and they risk being closed down. This is because schools get capitation based on the number of pupils enrolled."
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