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    "id": 1340637,
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    "speaker_name": "Elgeyo Marakwet County, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caroline Ng’elechei",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for allowing me to contribute to this important Motion. I fully support this Motion by Hon. Muriu. We sometimes forget that our future as a country is in schools and basic education. Through schools, we nature doctors, engineers and experts in every other field and even Members of Parliament. We need to refocus and think about the CBC, especially for the students in Grade 7. The capitation for schools does not include basic education and hence, those JSS students suffer more than any other student in this country. For example, one day, while touring my county, I met students from Nyawa Primary School. I asked them where they were going under the scorching sun. They told me they were going to a laboratory in Anin Girls Secondary School, which is 10 kilometres away. These students have to schedule time because even the school they were going to is a day school with minimum resources. There is a secondary school within that area, but they cannot go there because it is a boarding school and they are a primary school. Whoever decided JSS to be domiciled in primary schools never thought those students would need resources like laboratories that they do not have. It would be better if those JSS students would be domiciled in secondary schools. The idea of secondary schools being counted with the capacity of beds and chairs is a wrong idea. The secondary schools should be open to primary schools within their areas to benefit from the resources. It is about time we reviewed basic education. I get confused about JSSs because they are domiciled in primary schools. In basic education, students must be fed. Otherwise, it is not basic if a student misses school because of lack of food and the provision of sanitary towels to girls. Otherwise, there will be a great disconnect with students in Grade 7. Therefore, as a House, I request that we relook up the issue of opening up more space for the transition from primary to secondary schools, even if this means all secondary schools that are well established to allow JSS students to access their resources. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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