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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is important that even as we look at the budgetary allocation, we check some of the policies that have been put in place by the Ministry or the Government. In my constituency, for example, we have young people who went to teachers training colleges in 1999, but they have never been employed. I am aware that some constituencies have employed those who trained in 2007. I agree with the many hon. Members here who have said the quota system is entrenching tribalism in this country. Just imagine how we confine students to schools in their backyard. In so doing, we fail to expose them to the diversities available in our country. All these things impact negatively on our society. So, even as we urge the Government to increase budgetary allocation to schools, it is also important that the Ministry looks at the policies that are in place because they are impacting negatively on the lives of many in this country. We have many orphans in this country because of the HIV/AIDS scourge and many other such diseases that have taken away parents of young people. When you look at them, you are left a worried person because they will never go to these academies. In essence, these children cannot join national schools because nobody will pay for them in the academies. So, the Government must pay more attention to public schools because this is where the children of the very poor are. Hon. Kaino mentioned that children of Members of Parliament are in academies. It is true that most of our children are schooling those academies. It is also true that children of teachers in public schools go to those academies. It is a pity that most teachers in public schools do not have their children there. It is important that we also pay attention to the issue of supervision that is required, so that teachers make good use of the money allocated to the education sector in this country. In the Budget, education sector was allocated Kshs139 billion. This money is not enough. We need more money. It is also important that teachers make good use of this money. They must make sure that they utilize their time in classrooms as required of them. In my constituency, we have one or two academies. Some of the constituencies cannot even afford these academies. So, if it is a question that children must go through academies, then we are saying that some people from given areas will never be able to attain to secondary school education or university education. In so doing, they will be completely shut out from the opportunities that are available to them. So, it is important that even as we look at the budgetary allocation, we also review those policies that are impacting negatively on the lives of many people in this country."
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