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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Machogu",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Education",
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        "legal_name": "Ezekiel Machogu Ombaki",
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    "content": "for senior schools. That way, our schools will not experience the kind of challenges we are undergoing now. Moving forward, we hope that things will be better than they have been before. The other question was by Sen. (Dr.) Oburu on losing cases. Out of five cases we have had in court, we won two and lost three. When you go to a court of law, sometimes you win and sometimes you do not. We are putting up a serious fight and we are hopeful. When the Ministry is taken to court, we prepare the necessary documents and it is the Attorney-General who represents us. We will not let it go. The other question was engagement with local communities where schools are situated. Before the Government said that parents should not give any amount of money, public schools used to be free, but some individuals would charge money. The problem came about when we stopped that. We directed that public schools should not charge parents any money. That is when fights started where they wanted to get control of schools. They wanted to operate like private schools. Faculties in Technical Training Institutes (TTIs) vary from one to another. However, we are encouraging all our TTIs, particularly those offering technical courses like building, civil engineering, electrical engineering, automotive, and mechatronics, and other business courses like design and fashion, hospitality, and other agricultural courses. As I have said, it varies from one TTI to another. Nonetheless, we encourage faculties in the TTIs to have a minimum of five programmes. That is why in the last financial year, the Government employed 1,300 trainers. This year, we are in the process of hiring another 2,000 trainers, so that our TTIs are well-equipped as far as teaching and other equipment are concerned. We are also in the process of acquiring 71 pieces of equipment for 71 TTIs, such that they are equipped for all the required programmes. We lost the case against Bondo Technical Training Institute and we have taken note of it. We will take it from there. On Marsabit County, the Hon. Senator knows that ever since my appointment, I have been in Marsabit three times. We have been able to engage with the local leaders very seriously on matters education and we have been able to agree on the way to go. Additionally, I was the chief guest in Marsabit during the Education Day attended by the local Members of Parliament (MPs) and Governor. We agreed on what to do on matters education, so that we can improve the quality and performance of education and we will be able to collaborate in order for us to be able to do that. On Samburu County, I am aware there have been those cases particularly in Baringo and Turkana and because of that, you are aware that we gave funds to Turkana schools. I can confirm this, Hon. Senator."
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