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    "id": 1229912,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": "to teachers. Nobody wants to take responsibility. We only want to point out the wrongs that are happening in our schools; for instance, that there is no food. No Government agency is taking accountability of the lack of food or lack of teachers for junior secondary education in our schools. How can a government that is supposed to provide free and compulsory education send one teacher to teach a whole class of junior secondary school, while disregarding the curriculum-based establishment and say that everything is good? When the teachers go ahead to hire BoM and PTA teachers and money is charged, we say the teachers are the problem. We must deal with the matter of school uniforms alongside other challenges in the schools and decide whether, as a Government, we want to invest in education or in roads, railways and other infrastructure that compete for resources with schools. My take would be for us to develop the future, we must invest in our children. So, let us provide school uniforms as part of the requirements for schools. During President Moi’s time, there was cost-sharing. Hon. Members, where we are now, we do not have free and compulsory education in Kenya. What we have is cost-sharing. If we have cost-sharing and we cannot speak on it, it means we are not taking our responsibility seriously. It is high time we declared that education is cost shared and we know what part the parent plays and what part the Government plays. However, what we require in law is for school uniforms to be provided for by the Government. Let us remove all barriers that may hinder access to education Hon. Temporary Speaker, that is my submission."
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