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    "speaker_name": "Gichugu UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gichimu Githinji",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for the opportunity to also contribute to this Motion of Adjournment sponsored by the Member of Parliament for Kathiani, Hon. Robert Mbui. I must thank him for taking the lead because this is a matter that has lingered in the minds of most of the Members of Parliament. It has come at the right time just before ushering in Grade 9 next year. There is a possibility of addressing the issues that have been raised if we bring our hands together as a Parliament and we also involve the Executive as we did with the matter of higher education funding under the leadership of the right Hon. Speaker. This is a matter that also requires a kamukunji so that the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Basic Education can come and brief the House on the preparedness of the CBC before we experience a lot of confusion. I believe that what Members, parents, and the public, generally, are concerned with is the very limited information dissemination from the Ministry of Education. There is scarcity of information and yet the Ministry of Education has roots up to sub-county levels. Instead of the officers of the Ministry disseminating this information across the schools and to the parents, they have been lax and this information has not been cascaded down to the consumers. I happen to have attended one of the sessions that an officer from the Ministry had been sponsored to come and explain CBC by the school where my children go to. The way it was explained, I understood it to be a good thing. Junior secondary is supposed to prepare children in their areas of competencies before they transit to senior secondary school so that if someone drops along the way and does not make it to the university, they can make a livelihood out of the competency that they were taken through training. However, this information is little known to many parents in this country. It is high time we tasked the relevant department to take up the role of dissemination of information to consumers – who are mainly parents and students – in every school. The Ministry can sponsor and get data of all the requirements of the CBC in each and every school. I know that the NG-CDF, with the little resources, is making efforts to build more schools and provide the relevant materials and equipment for this programme. However, with little information, we will not do much as expected. As I wind up on issues of infrastructure, for there to be equity for every child in this country, infrastructural funds should be disbursed through constituencies but based on the actual needs of the constituency and not as a blanket figure which is forwarded to the constituencies. There are schools which do not require infrastructure while others require new classrooms and renovation. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I support."
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