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    "id": 1380624,
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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, on banditry and insecurity in parts of our schools, you are aware of the incident we had the other day in Lake Baringo. Very unfortunate. You are aware of what we had in Turkana a few years ago and, of course, many other parts of this country where schools are not spared from incidents of insecurity. We work very closely with the Ministry of Interior and National Administration which has the mandate of ensuring that security is guaranteed for our learners in schools. You find probably the best we can do is to employ a watchman in a school but when those guys come armed with firearms and all other weapons, a watchman is unable to counter and stop any such attacks. We are working very closely on this. It is an area of great concern because it affects learning by causing fear even when it has not occurred. Sometimes, you find the children are traumatised to an extent they cannot do what they are supposed to do in school. We want a peaceful co-existence, an atmosphere that learning will take place in schools. We are working closely, including giving money. We gave Ksh100 million to Baringo. The military has been trying to reconstruct some of the schools that were destroyed by the 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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