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    "id": 1243365,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1243365/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Machogu",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13458,
        "legal_name": "Ezekiel Machogu Ombaki",
        "slug": "ezekiel-machogu-ombaki"
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    "content": "can be managed at the school level. They can identify the cases in good time so that we can take the necessary remedial messes. I declare my interest in that particular school because my wife is an alumnus of that particular school. So, I normally look at the comments of that particular school. We want Mukumu Girls High School to reclaim its lost glory. This used to be the top school in the country and as an extra-county school with a mean score of 8.6 last year; we want it to do even better. I have taken the following measures to ensure that the academic performance of this school has improved: The Ministry's Quality Assurance Team undertook an assessment of the school and provided various specific recommendations to guide the school management. This started on 23rd May, 2023. We are going to make sure that indeed it is done. I have confidence in the men and women of diverse backgrounds that we have put in the BoM in consultation with the local leadership. In the BoM, we have among others: The former Principal of Moi Girls High School, Eldoret; the former Principal of Nanyuki High School, a man who did well in the team and Father Vincent who is the Chairperson of the BoM. With the measures that my quality assurance team has recommended as given here, we are sure the school is in an upward trajectory and creating confidence among the parents and students. We are making sure that in a year or two, this school will be among the top schools in the country. I have recommended what we are doing particularly in this area of performance improvement. We are going to make sure the performance of this school is improved. The multi-agency team remains in place to monitor the implementation of the recommendations and to ensure that the school fully returns to normal operations. The team has regular engagements with the school's management and provides reports to the Ministry. The last such meeting was held on Friday and Saturday. When I was in the school on Saturday, we had a meeting with the Regional Commissioner and the entire multi-agency team. They confirmed to me that all the measures that are supposed to be taken, have been taken. I also had a meeting with the school BoM where we recommended that they should be able to have regular meetings to make sure that nothing goes wrong. We have sent circulars not only to Mukumu, but to all our schools indicating what we expect. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the cost of treatment, I wish to inform the House that the Ministry through the Edu-Afya Insurance Policy, catered for the cost of treatment of the 109 students in the various facilities that they were admitted to. The facilities in which they were treated include the Kakamega County General Teaching and Referral Hospital; the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital; the Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu; the Kenyatta National Hospital; Lifecare Hospital, Bungoma; Oasis Hospital, Kakamega; and, Mediheal Hospital in Kisumu and Eldoret. The bereaved families are entitled to a group life insurance compensation of Kshs400,000 per student from the Edu-Afya Insurance policy. We are following the claims and in a few days’ time, the Kshs400,000 according to the policy, will be paid to the affected families."
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