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    "speaker_name": "Marsabit County UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Naomi Waqo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to make my contribution to this Motion of Adjournment. I also appreciate the Hon. Member who brought it to this House. It is unfortunate that we are discussing this matter. Before I proceed, I want to condole with the parents and families affected because I know some students lost their lives. We also lost a teacher in this whole thing. I also know that there are students who were hospitalised and their parents are struggling with them. I wish them quick recovery as we condole with the parents who lost their loved ones. It is unfortunate that in today’s world, at this particular time, as a country, we are experiencing such a thing in our boarding schools. This clearly says something about the quality of services in schools and what happens there. Some years ago, we over-crowded our public schools and the private schools grew. Anybody who could afford to pay for a private school took their child to private schools where they could get quality education. Unfortunately, our public schools remain crowded with poor facilities. Teachers are not motivated and performance has gone down. Today, we all know that in all our public secondary schools, especially boarding schools, the quality of services and infrastructure are poor. You do not want to imagine what students go through. We know very well that students are suffering and there is nothing much they can do. Of course, with the competition and the few spaces that are there, parents have to take their children to the available spaces. It is unfortunate that we are talking about this today. I urge the Ministry of Education to give this matter the proper attention it deserves and see how best we can improve. Students are going home for two weeks when schools close. While they are at home, it is high time the management and the Ministry saw how best those facilities can be improved. When we were growing up, public health officers used to inspect all the schools. It is high time that was done. These days, people practice corruption everywhere and some can even do fake reports 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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