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    "id": 1368657,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1368657/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Nairobi City County, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Esther Passaris",
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    "content": "up many schools and classrooms, both in urban and rural centres. NG-CDF has also built offices for the police where they serve the citizens from, because NG-CDF has a mandate on constructing police stations. The Fund has also built dormitories for our schools. It also has other tasks and duties like conserving the environment. The issue of separation of powers has been raised, but at the end of the day one has to look at the overall benefit. We must ensure that we devolve services to mwananchi as far as we can, through the leaders that they have elected to serve them. This is because when parents are looking for a school for their children and are denied a chance, they do not ask whether it is the Executive, the legislator or the Judiciary that will help. All they want is service. This Bill will ensure that we have separation of powers. At the same time, we should not kill something that has been very beneficial to the people of Kenya. A majority of schools that have been put up in our country have been done by legislators. This is because they are where the people are and they understand the needs of the people. I hope that this Bill will be entrenched into law so that we do not have this back and forth. The NG-CDF has helped a number of students and families to go to school and complete their education through bursaries. The only area that we need to look into is the fact that we have focused too much on public schools and yet we are aware that a majority of the schools are community-based. Some of the community-based schools are in a deplorable condition. We should get a way to look at the community-based schools that are run on people’s private land. We should have Public- Private Partnerships (PPPs) with community-based schools so that we ensure that they are upgraded. A child is a child and the Constitution of Kenya says that we should not discriminate any. It is appalling to see some of the schools that our children go to. The government should partner with the people who run these schools. The reason they are filled up is because we do not have enough schools to cater for all the children. So, while the government works on improving public schools which have run out of land, we should consider community-based schools. There are community schools that excel in exams. NG-CDF should allocate some funding, in partnership with the community-based schools, to build such schools. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) should also provide teachers in those schools. This is because children born in this county do not understand why the community schools do not have the same services as the ones in public schools. So, there should be a way for us to get into PPPs and ensure that we also cater for the community-based schools. We also have a problem of providing sanitary towels to our children in the community- based and mission schools. All round, whatever laws we make, we should ensure that we leave no one behind. I support this Bill and hope that very soon we will be able to discuss the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF), which also needs to be entrenched into law. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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