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    "id": 1240056,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ezekiel Machogu",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Education",
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        "legal_name": "Ezekiel Machogu Ombaki",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I want to answer the Question from the Member of Parliament for Bomet. This year, the Ministry released a calendar for the resumption of curricular activities for basic education institutions after we had suspended the same for the past three years because of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Bomet County was able to undertake all the term one activities for both primary and secondary schools as per the calendars given by the Ministry of Education. In particular, the county participated successfully as follows: All the five sub-counties within the county held their competitions and successfully represented their teams in competition at the county level. The county held the competitions in all categories, both at the county and the regional levels, where drama festivals for both primary and secondary schools were held. The winning teams represented their county at the regional festivals that were held in Kitale, Trans Nzoia County, between 20th and 26th March 2023. The County Kenya Science and Engineering Fair was undertaken and the county team participated in the regional competition held at Tenwek High School in Bomet County between 6th and 8th April 2023. Secondary schools term one games were held in Bomet East for county level, and the county team participated in the regional competition held in Eldoret between 4th and 9th April 2023. Also, the county participated successfully in the Regional Special Needs Education (SNE) Games for both primary and secondary schools held in Nakuru County between 14th and 19th April, 2023. For primary athletics, the county participated in all the sub-county competitions held in their respective venues. The county competition was also held on 13th April 2023, at Chepkosiom Primary School in Sotik Sub-County. The county team participated in the regional competition held in Narok County between 16th and 22nd April 2023. The county was ranked number five out of 14 in the region with five pupils – three boys and two girls – representing the region in the national competition. For these activities, Bomet County had so far received Ksh1.5 million from the Ministry. They utilised the funds in the best way possible to ensure that our children participated in the activities as I have outlined. This is in addition to the Ksh578,134 given to each sub-county. It is worthy to note that the county received support from our stakeholders, particularly the heads associations of both primary and secondary schools, namely, the Kenya Primary Schools Headteachers Association (KEPSHA) and the Kenya Secondary Heads Association (KESSHA), for their successive participation. In 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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