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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tabitha Mutinda",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I want to start by giving my very heartfelt sincere condolences to the families and the parents of Endarasha Primary School in Nyeri. We have a tendency where we bring matters before this House and what we do not address is the timelines when these issues should be given feedback. It is a high time that the Committee on Education that I believe will handle this matter, speeds up because we await and then you find that other issues are still cropping up. The County Director of Education for Nyeri, where this school is, should have given his statement by now or a report as to what really transpired. I thank our President, Dr. William Ruto, who was in the County of Nyeri this last weekend. He committed to ensuring that he will support the school to come back to its status. Therefore, so far as my colleague, Sen. Okiya Omtatah, has mentioned, the inspectorate team should be able to give a report. It is one thing when funds are there, but what are the kind of standards that need to be adhered to so that our kids are safe? We entrust our kids in these institutions by the heads of this particular learning institutions. The learning institutions at some point in this country have become a business. They are not adhering to the required standards of the Ministry of Education. The other day we were even concerned about Githurai, Nairobi, where we have a primary school that has one classroom with over 80 students, yet the regulations are very clear that the maximum number should be up to 45. School children are squeezed in there, yet the Ministry is there, the people are being paid each and every month to ensure that they partake their roles. Even if funds are not in place, but the person in charge should ensure that in whatever time before the school---"
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