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    "type": "speech",
    "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": " I will answer that, hon. Senator. On the Samburu matter, although I am required to know the specific names of schools which have been closed down because of banditry and in collaboration with my colleague in Internal Security and National Administration, we should work on that. Therefore, where we have been able to remedy the situation, like the areas in Baringo and Turkana, we have taken steps of reopening those schools. Therefore, we can engage so that you tell me the specific schools and see what mitigating factors we can undertake in collaboration with the other agencies in Government, and in particular, the Ministry of Internal Security and National Administration, so that we have the schools reopened as soon as possible. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on recognition for prior learning, I am happy to report to this House that this is a policy which has been lying somewhere, but we have been able to take it up. We engaged in public participation and also took it to Cabinet. It was approved and I am rolling out that policy. The Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya will be the chief guest on Friday, and it will give an opportunity to many of our young people. Since there are so many people who are qualified and have the skills and competencies of making anything. However, they do not have the certification. Therefore, we are also on that and we should start giving that with effect from Friday when we are rolling out that particular policy. I am aware about Marsabit; I have had a meeting because they are schools, which were established by the Catholic Church. There has not been any problem for many years. All those schools have been there for almost 20 years, if not more; and the Senator knows there was no problem. We had an isolated instance last year in one school and there was a recurrence of the same this particular year. We have directed the local community and the Priest of Catholic ---"
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