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    "id": 1525192,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maragwa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mary Njoroge",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13421,
        "legal_name": "Mary Wamaua Waithira Njoroge",
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    "content": "The Chairperson and Members of a Sub-County Education Board shall be appointed for a term of five years and be eligible for re-appointment for a further term. Regarding meetings, a Sub-County Education Board shall hold meetings on a need basis at such places and times as the County Education Board shall consider necessary for the proper discharge of its functions. We do not want to talk about remunerations because we want to source the majority of the members from within the County Public Service Board of the respective county. They already have remuneration from the department to which they belong. Therefore, there would only be a small allowance, as their respective departments already pay them. Meetings will be held on a need basis. New Section 18E(2) of the Bill says that notwithstanding Subsection 1, which I have read, the Sub-county Education Board shall not meet more than four times in each financial year. The Members of the Board shall be paid by the organisations they represent in the Board such allowances and disbursements for expenses as may be approved by the Cabinet Secretary in consultation with the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). A Sub-county Education Board may, from time to time, co-opt into its membership such persons not being more than three as it is satisfied possessing skills and experience necessary in the discharge of its functions. For instance, if an issue arises requiring architectural expertise or any other skill that is not represented within the Board, it may co-opt an architect or any other professional whose skills are needed. Remember that we have all these professionals within the counties. We have architects, quantity surveyors and other professionals. We will, therefore, not need to look too far for them. They will only be co-opted when a specific skill is required that is not represented within the Board's membership. Hon. Temporary Speaker, if this House supports and passes this Bill, we will benefit in terms of efficiency, time-saving, and better running of our institutions within the sub-county: primary schools, secondary schools and tertiary institutions. There will be several benefits, like faster school registration and approval processes. Secondly, there will be enhanced school monitoring and oversight. This is because it will be done at the sub-county level but not at the county level, which may not do exactly as per the demand. Some counties are vast, making it difficult for them to carry out oversight effectively. However, at the sub-county level, you can be assured that monitoring and oversight will happen in our schools, including discipline for our learners. Thirdly, there would be reduced bureaucracy or red tape. Schools will have direct access to decision-making authorities at the sub-county level instead of waiting for responses from the County Education Board, which covers a vast area and may deter urgent resolution of such issues. Fourthly, there would be increased community involvement in education management. Local education stakeholders will have stronger voices in shaping policies and school development plans at the sub-county level. We have many supportive stakeholders in education. If all this happens within the locality where people understand the terrain and stakeholders, they can quickly convene and provide the required support, including some of those who always chip in in their own way. That way, we would have improved efficiency in teacher resource allocation. Sub-County Education boards would be better placed to oversee staffing needs and resource distribution in schools within their respective jurisdictions without waiting for the County Education boards to advise, now that the Sub-County Education boards would be found within the school locales."
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