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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kamukunji, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Yusuf Hassan",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Hassan Abdi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I second this important and timely Motion which has been presented by Hon. Geoffrey Ruku, Member for Mbeere North. I congratulate him for taking this important task. The issue of the JSS has not been brought to the attention of this House in the way it should have been. I thank him for that. In all the 290 constituencies of our nation, I am sure we are all grappling with the major challenges brought about by the rapid introduction of the JSS system. This is a top-down policy which involves elites who are our top education minds, but somehow it does not trickle down as it is required. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the introduction of the JSS has been a rapid move that is crisis-ridden and has come with chaos. The Motion’s Mover adequately expressed some of the inadequacies including infrastructure, teacher training, facilities, lack of parental and community involvement and putting an extra burden on already heavily burdened parents. As a result, in my neighbourhood of Kamukunji, we have congested classrooms with students who had not been planned for, overloaded desks and overworked teachers. If this not corrected with the proper framework and policies, it could lead to the deterioration of the quality of education that we are providing to these youngsters. I would have thought that when one is introducing major projects like the CBC and the JSS, they would plan or pilot it so that once it is launched, everybody is on board and it works well. Unfortunately, during the introduction of the JSS, which is yet to happen and is unsuccessful, it is important to have a framework and a policy that guides the introduction and the future development of this particular process. I think it is important to address these multiple challenges and urgently introduce a framework and a wholistic policy that can deal 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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