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"content": "or security, to go to Endarasha to establish the facts. We cannot trust the Government or the executive to tell the story. That is why Parliament exists such that if something has happened in this nation, Kenyans are very skeptical of the account that the national executive provides. I encourage the relevant committee, that if possible, all of us must go to Endarasha. We must establish the facts and assure the parents that it is safe to reopen the school. You can imagine the trauma that will visit other children if they are forced to go back to a school where 21 children have been roasted to death. Why would parents be forced to send their children back to that school? It is because they have paid fees for the entire year and do not have an option to transfer their children to another school. We need to be empathetic. Endarasha Hillside Academy summarizes the state of education in this country; that it does not matter, children can die as long as you do not touch the mountain. Children can die as long as you do not destabilize the politics. A country that does not put children at the centre of its policy and its politics is a country that is dead. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this morning, the Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection brought here a redacted summary of Kenyans who have acquired jobs in the recent job-seeking spree that the President has been on. Out of that entire schedule, 60 per cent had secured jobs as housemaids. We are manufacturing and exporting housemaids. What kind of education system is that? In South Africa, the education system has produced and exported Elon Musk. He is now the richest man in the world. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Indian education system has produced and exported executives of tech companies globally. Kenya has produced and exported housemaids to Saudi Arabia and Qatar. It is a big shame! That is the state of education in this country. If there is a crisis that we need to deal with today, it is the education crisis that is manifested in strikes at all levels, from primary to secondary to universities. We have a university funding model that does not make sense. As I conclude on the issue of the state of healthcare, as raised by Sen. Mwaruma, some of the strikes by our doctors relate to delays in exchequer releases. Sometimes, county governments deduct money from staff, but they do not remit. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me just one minute to inform Sen. Sifuna, who was very hard on the Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Mbadi, earlier in the morning. Unfortunately, I was not here to provide that information at that point. The Cabinet Secretary, Hon. John Mbadi, after meeting the President had an appointment with his tailor. Yesterday, there was a national outcry about the state of his suits; that he had cut his clothes too big for his size. If you all observed, the Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Mbadi, looks emaciated. He also looks stressed and fatigued. We should all pray for Hon. Mbadi, so that his suits can fit him again. We donated him when he was in good health and when his suits could fit him. In only two weeks, the suits cannot fit because of the state of the economy. Please, give us back our Mbadi! The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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