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    "speaker_name": "Mandera South, UDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Abdul Haro",
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    "content": "Hon. Wamaua talked very nicely about including Members of Parliament on this Board. I beg to differ slightly. Perhaps you may look at it from my perspective. Members of Parliament provide oversight. Given that and the challenges we have had before, including with the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF), there is no need to include a Member of Parliament in this Sub-County Education Board. The Members of Parliament can remain to provide oversight, and other members can become part of the Board. Clause 2 of the Bill proposes to insert New Section 18C(2)(f), which talks about the members of the Board. It states: “(f) two educationists of at least five years standing based in sub-county nominated by Parents-Teachers Association in the Sub-county. This is a very good idea, which I support fully. However, if you read it in relation to New Section 18G of the Bill, it states: “18G. A Sub-county Education Board may from time to time co-opt in its membership such persons not being more than three as it is satisfied that possess skills and experience necessary in the discharge of the functions of the Sub-county Education Board”. Once you have these two professionals and educationists, I do not think the purpose of having a co-opted member was to bring in experience and expertise. We already have the expertise. It is my opinion that the two experts who are there are sufficient. We do not need to co-opt other experts because those can play the same role. Clause 2 of the Bill proposes to insert New Section 18C (6), which states: “(6) The staff of the Sub-county Education Board shall be persons serving under the County Public Service Board of the respective county”. We can also rethink that because looking at the separate functions of the county governments and National Government in relation to education, one is concerned with Early Childhood Development (ECD), and the other with basic education. You may find some challenges along the way if the staff of the Sub-county Education Board are from the County Public Service Board. Finally, Clause 2 of the Bill proposes to insert New Section 18F, which states: “18F. The members of the Sub-county Education Board shall be paid by the organisations they represent in the Board such allowances and The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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