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    "content": "My story cannot happen anywhere else under the sun except in the dear nation of Kenya. We must ensure that the system that supported me to become a Member of Parliament, namely, an education system that worked to ensure that the son of a peasant, my father, became a teacher, remains in place through the Motion that we are passing today. An education system where teachers are rewarded for the wonderful work that they do for this nation through a social system that ensures that the needy have a chance. The only thing that the greatest nation in this world did is to ensure that opportunity is available to all; nothing else. That is how the son of an immigrant, Obama, became the President. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, so, I believe this morning is a milestone that we made a step towards the betterment of this nation and we will continue doing so. I see it in the Departmental on Labour and Social Welfare where we handle issues of children, women, youth and the disabled . I wish to acknowledge the contribution done by hon. Wanyonyi and hon. Nyikal that despite ensuring that the bright children are given the support of the country, we must ensure the disabled children too must get the support of this dear nation. We must ensure that the social fabric of Kenya is perfectly in place to ensure that our disadvantaged people get advantages not just education but in so many other areas. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in addition, I wish to acknowledge that there is a Bill in the office of the Speaker – The Basic Education Act (Amendment) Bill, 2013 – that I am working on with the Legal Department of this honourable House to ensure that when it comes here what we have discussed and the inputs we have given today to this Bill over the one week will be enshrined in the Constitution. It will be law to ensure that there is a legal perspective in supporting the needy children of this country. I also wish to acknowledge the input by honourable Wesley Korir that in addition to pushing the Government, we too as leaders must do something and in Buuri which is the largest constituency in Meru County we have already done that. We have put in place the Buuri Education Welfare and it is through it that we have produced the best materials of this country. The best child that we sponsored to Maranda High School last year was in position one in Form One class. We have sponsored the other children to Ontolili High School in Meru County in Buuri. Ontolili High School has produced them and it has risen to become the second best school in Meru County and school number 17 in Kenya. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, so, we will not tire and as I said in my maiden speech that my fellow youth and children out there, we will stand with you."
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