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    "id": 1340575,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Mohammed",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Hon. Wakili, I am from Wajir East. That is okay. You got the Wajir part right. I rise to second this great and timely Motion. It has two objectives which are in line with Article 53 of our Constitution. One objective is to increase capitation for primary and junior secondary schools, and the second one is to breathe life to Article 53 of the Constitution. In terms of increasing capitation for primary and junior secondary schools, this country has adopted a new curriculum called the CBC. It is very intense, practical, and requires a lot of time and resources for students to learn. It also requires very consistent and continuous assessment of our children. It has now fallen to parents and not the national Government to fund the curriculum as envisaged under Article 53 of our Constitution. As eloquently said by the Mover of the Motion, Article 53(1)(b) states that every child has the right to free and compulsory education. It is compulsory for our children to go to school. Schools should provide free education. However, if the capitation that was approved in 2015 is inadequate to provide for the CBC, there will be no free education. Therefore, this Motion has come at the right time to emphasise compulsory and free education. The second objective of this Motion is to breathe life to Article 53 of the Constitution, which not only talks about compulsory free basic education, but also compulsory basic nutrition. According to this Article, basic nutrition is providing food for our children. A hungry child will not learn."
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