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    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang'",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "term and the child has to apply for the bursary in the second term. It is as if in the first term he did not have parents and now in the second term he has parents. A child applies for funding in Form one and in Form two, he has to apply again. There are a lot of tools such as artificial intelligence and technology that we can use to map and identify the needy and hold their hands throughout the education journey. On this Motion, I have heard my colleagues in the other House say that the Senate has brought this to fight the NG-CDF programme. This is not a fight against the NG- CDF. This is a fight for the children of this nation. If we will continue producing doctors and experts in the service industry in the East African region, for instance, in Uganda hotels such as the Serena Hotel, you will find that it is run by Kenyans. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I was part of the diaspora who was in the financial services industry in neighbouring East African countries. It is Kenyans who are offering those services. You go all the way to Rwanda, the people who are running their municipalities, cities, logistics and transport systems, are Kenyans. If you go to England and United Kingdom (UK), the people who are running their metropolitan transport systems are Kenyans. Nevertheless, are we going to continue exporting that kind of quality? I am dismayed that we are now changing our focus as a nation towards cheap training at Kshs1,400 per head per year. After which, we are then telling our children to be happy with being guards, house girls and with doing manual jobs in the Far East and in Europe. A country's pride must be shown in the kind of jobs that it goes out to prospect for. It is not a matter of national pride for a President or for any Minister to go out and look for any job for my people. There has to be national pride. Kenya has had that hallowed position. As a leader when it comes to innovations, technology and education, that can only happen consistently if we provide the means of implementation. The means of implementation for an education system that continues to produce leaders like the one I have talked about in Minnesota, would be to have teachers who are motivated. Today, we are told that 56,000 teachers have been recruited by the national Government. However, when I go to my County of Homa Bay, I would have assumed that that 56,000, if you divide it by 47, at least you will have 10,000 teachers per county. However, I cannot trace them and I wonder where these teachers are coming from. We must have teachers who are motivated and well remunerated. This is across all levels from primary to secondary to university. We must have infrastructure. Our public institutions infrastructure leaves a lot to be desired. We must have infrastructure that is built at a price that is reasonable and is not another opportunity to steal money through procurement. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we must have a curriculum that can stand to the test of international trends and norms. I wonder why we want to do a customized homegrown Kenyan curriculum. Why can we not benchmark and pick the best curriculum in the world and expose our children to it, so that they can go and compete with children in USA? I know that a child who comes from Laikipia and who has been born and raised in hardships. If you are to give them the same opportunity and curriculum that the 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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