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    "id": 185137,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Otichilo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 131,
        "legal_name": "Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to continue my contribution to his Vote. First, I would like to say that the Minister has done a good job, and I want to encourage him to continue that way. One area that I want the Ministry to look into is the Education Act. I have had a chance to go through it and I find that the Act is outdated. There is need to revise it so that it can address new challenges in education. Mr. Speaker, Sir, so, it is important that the Ministry looks into this matter. Going through the previous endeavours, I have noted that there has been an effort by the Ministry to introduce an Education Bill, which has not been completed. So, I would like to see the Ministry come up with a 2586 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 8, 2008 revised Education Act that is in line with the new challenges. The other area that I want to commend the Ministry of Education for is their intention to create new spatial data infrastructure for the education institutions. This is, indeed a novel idea. However, I want to caution the Ministry on the tendency to continue using consultancies to create spatial data infrastructure. I would recommend that the Ministry comes up with a capacity building programme, so that they can build their own capacity in spatial data infrastructure development. In this case, I would like the Ministry to make use of the relevant institutions that are available in this country. For example, the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development has very good facilities for training the staff to establish this infrastructure. Finally, I would also like to recommend to the Ministry to explore the possibility of coming up with new assessment examinations. The current examination system has a lot of problems, and I think it is important that the Ministry looks at various options. I would also like to request the Ministry to look at the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), and see how best it could be restructured to meet new challenges. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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