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    "content": "and, subsequently, the CDF that was established. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in my tenure as a Member of Parliament for Hamisi Constituency, in collaboration with the community, we put up very many classrooms. We also built and equipped very many laboratories and classrooms. If I try to compare the number of classrooms that we built using the CDF and harambees as opposed to what the national Government did in Hamisi Constituency during my tenure, I will tell you for sure that there is no comparison. The CDF has done so much in the short period that it has existed and yet it is only 2.5 per cent of the national Budget. The point I am trying to make is that although the Ministry retains so much money for infrastructural development of our primary and secondary schools, we do not see this money trickling down to secondary schools. We started seeing a bit of this money during the introduction of the Free Primary Education (FPE) where each and every pupil was allocated some little amount, I think Kshs900 per year. The Kshs900 was multiplied by the number of pupils in a school and sent to the school for infrastructural development. I want to state clearly that it was a mistake in the first place, to put the responsibility of developing infrastructure and equipping primary and secondary schools under the national Government. This is an anomaly that must be corrected very fast before we go far. Mr. Speaker, Sir, different parts of the country have different needs. If we place this responsibility under the national Government, then it will come up with “one size fits all” kind of approach and yet we know that different areas have different requirements. The requirements in Vihiga County are not the requirements of Kwale County. Therefore, it is only through the local leadership and the county governments that we can establish what suits us, develop what suits us and provide what suits us. It is only through the local leadership that we can prioritise and know which schools, for example, need what assistance. A good example is what happened under the Infrastructure Development Fund that was in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology a couple of years ago. I saw the Ministry giving support to some of my schools that I thought were very well established at the expense of schools that were coming up and had nothing. Therefore, if this Fund is transferred to the county governments, then the local leadership will identify what schools should be assisted and at what stage. Secondly, two years ago, we all saw what happened in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, where millions of shillings that were meant for infrastructure The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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