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    "speaker_name": "Busia County, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Catherine Omanyo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I oppose this Motion because as a country we are trying to make sure that we are equal but this kind of curriculum has made it very difficult as it is widening the gap between the poor and the rich. At the moment, only the rich have managed to cope up with the changes leaving behind the children who come from families that are still wallowing in the miasma of poverty. I also condemn it because the stakeholders were not involved at the beginning. I think some people have forgotten where they have come from and are in their comfort zones coming up with things that discriminate or divide Kenya further. If somebody truly remembers, some of us had to sit under a tree, a rock or a log and up to date there are schools in rural areas that still use desks that are very uncomfortable for any student to sit on trying to concentrate in class. Some people think we are already 100 years since our Independence so they copy or try to catch up with developed nations forgetting that Kenya still does not have the infrastructure. Some of the homework the pupils are sent home with requires the participation of a parent yet some parents in the rural areas are too illiterate for the new curriculum. How can one send a child home to be helped by a parent who cannot even read, pronounce or understand some words in English? Most parents who cannot afford the private tutors leave their children to go back to school without completing their assignments. The curriculum also lacks a lot of resources. As I said earlier, I want to emphasize that most teachers are frustrated because the curriculum is more pragmatic than theoretical. Teachers who cannot afford basic needs at home are taking advantage of this curriculum and exploiting some parents who can afford. For instance, if the students were to do a practical that requires fish, why should every child carry fish to class? Most of the fish is preserved by the teacher who only use one or two yet they are practicals. We need to be logistically, politically, economically and socially right when coming up with some of these things that we are trying to bring to people’s lifestyles. Some of us are still walking and the stretch is too long to reach where everybody is. Can we wait for one another by coming up with things that work for all Kenyans, whether rich or poor especially education? When the children are forced to put on uniform it is hard to distinguish the rich from the poor. Education should ensure that the poor and the rich get the same opportunities so that we can get a doctor from either family. We need to level the ground for these children. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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