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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bomachoge Chache, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Alfah Miruka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to start by congratulating my colleague, Hon. Wamuchomba, for this fantastic Motion. I want to support the Motion conditionally, that it is not going to affect the school code and colour. We are living in a country with many tribes, and we value our culture. Let us not get to a time where every Kenyan should wear same dressing code. We should leave every individual to make their own choices that applies to our schools. We have several schools. Let us talk about quality, familiarity and other aspects, but when we come back to the code of the school, let us leave it for the school to determine the colour and code of their choice because we come from different cultural setups, and we promote culture in this country. I want to agree that this House is now focusing on education. Yesterday, we discussed the CBC and today, we are discussing uniforms. How I wish we knew the value of education in our country, that we put more emphasis on education more than anything else because education is the backbone of every country! School uniform is one element in the building up of a student’s mind because it factors a lot. It is like having a school bus. The former regime changed school buses’ colour to yellow which was a good idea, but it had a sinister motive. Police uniforms had an element of cost where some specific suppliers from one corner wanted to enjoy business monopoly. For school uniforms, let us look at how to improve the standards of our schools in terms of performance. We need to introduce policies that will make our schools globally competitive in terms of the quality of education that we offer and equally, the dressing code. I do not support that we have one colour for all the schools. We cannot, for example, have a school in my constituency, Bomachoge Chache Constituency, having the same colour of uniform with schools in North Eastern. I am a Christian and most people in North Eastern are Muslims while others are pagans because they do not know God. We should give people the freedom of choice in this nation. I am of the opinion that Hon. Wamuchomba’s Motion should capture how the Government will provide free uniforms for our children. The Government should provide free education for both primary and secondary schools like what was introduced by Hon. Kibaki’s The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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