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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Mwiria",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
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        "legal_name": "Valerian Kilemi Mwiria",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you are better than other Temporary Deputy Speakers. Let me say that I agree with the many points that were raised with regard to the volume of work, books that our students have to carry and constant changes. Many of our institutions were never prepared in terms of equipment and facilities to match the increase in the number of students. This is what we have been trying to change. We have reduced syllabus contents. We are saying that schools that are disadvantaged should be given a priority in terms of investments that we are putting in to deal with pockets of poverty, provide equipment and infrastructural development. We appreciate that there is a problem, but something is happening. In terms of disadvantage, if you come from newly-created districts that do not have established schools, of course you are disadvantaged. The issue is what we are doing to address that. We are trying to establish centres of excellence. We will have two good schools in every district. We will insist that students have to join a national school irrespective of where they come from. Those schools will be in a position to compete with the already existing 16 national schools such as Alliance High School, Mang'u High School and so on. This is a way of getting to ensure that there is more equity than is the case now. I agree that we cannot talk about the East African Community if we are not harmonised December 6, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4191 educationally. I agree that this a major hindrance. It is very difficult for us to go and take up places in Makerere University, as hon. Kajwang did when he was expelled from the University of Nairobi. I wish he had gone there even without having been expelled. But the point is that it is unfortunate that some will be disadvantaged."
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