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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ruteere",
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        "legal_name": "Silas Muriuki Ruteere",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Vote. I join others in congratulating the Minister for Education, the PS and the staff of the Ministry, especially for giving a very good ear to the suggestions and proposals that people make, for responding to the letters that Members of Parliament (MPs) write to him, and for attending to them promptly. I have a few comments to make, at the risk of repeating some. The Education Act provides for District Education Boards (DEBs). It does not recognise the constituencies. Here, we are talking more of constituencies than districts and DEBs. I would suggest that we look at districts rather than constituencies, because some of us who have two districts are at a dilemma as to which district to give the Kshs2 million. I have two DEBs. It is like the issue of boys and girls. Do I build a boys’ school? Do I build a girls’ school? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker,Sir, when I went home after the Budget, I met my two sons and my two daughters fighting over which one will be built. Is it a boys’ school or a girls’ school? I was unable to give them an answer. I told them that the DEB would decide, and not me. We should look at the parity, and not the affirmative action that is being advocated. I am at a loss in this House because we always talk about the girl child. In Imenti North District, South Imenti District and Meru Central District, girls have more opportunities than the boys. So, it is time we talked about parity and provision for all sexes, instead of emphasizing one sex at the expense of the other. Our boys feel as"
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