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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Mwiria",
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        "legal_name": "Valerian Kilemi Mwiria",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to make it clear that we have a problem with inspectors and Quality Assurance Officers in the whole country. This Question that seeks to know when we will get more of these inspectors, so that we can inspect our schools more often than is the case has come up in this House before. We are improving their terms and conditions of service so that we can recruit many more of them. Nevertheless, some work has been taking place in Machakos. In 2005, 795 schools were inspected. In 2006, 834 schools were inspected. In secondary schools, 186 were inspected and in 2006, 217. There were also inspections for ECDs and tertiary institutions. I must reiterate that it was not possible to do as much as we would like. In addition to the Quality Assurance Officers who are there, and Machakos District has shortage of 24, we are also training headteachers of schools to be able to do some curriculum implementation, to inspect the schools and support whatever is available from the Ministry. What accounts for poor quality education is not just lack of inspection. There are many other factors, including the types of managers that you have got, the involvement of parents in the schools, the role of sponsors, leadership and so on. We have to look at all these factors to really pin down the problem with inspection, although inspection can tell us a lot more. We would like to do better but for the time being, we have not recruited as many inspectors as we would like. When we do, we will give answers that are less ridiculous."
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