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    "content": "when we had national schools. Since the scrapping of the quota system, we now have a lot of problems because most students cannot even understand what Kenya is all about. Students are now confined and condemned in some environments and, therefore, not getting a chance to compare where they are living with other environments. Madam Temporary Speaker, to me, education is a very important and significant service to be devolved. If we are to devolve it, we should involve the minds of the students and parents. I am sure that students will find it very difficult to interact, integrate and even form what we call a nation. Tribalism is even going to be rampant. We will have students living in their areas and speaking their mother tongue. They will be going to universities in their areas and will not know what happens in other parts of the country. Kenya is a nation and if it is going to remain the same, we need to take care of education more than any other sector. This is because it is only through lack of education that we have corruption setting in, particularly in the minds of young boys and girls. If education is not properly handled, it can lead to a lot of disparities in development in the counties. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am hesitant to support this Motion. I would advise that we first of all find out how some counties in Kenya can afford to get education standards maintained at the same level with, for example, Nairobi County, Nyeri County or Bungoma County. Some areas will continue to remain behind just because of inequalities in the education sector. So, education should be a service which should be spread all over the country, and it is us, the Senators, who can provide this kind of vision. It is, therefore, important not to think about devolving education at that level. However, we can leave the pre-nursery level the way it is because the various counties can provide the teachers. Madam Temporary Speaker, given the way the Motion is drafted, I am even not sure whether some of the counties will be able to employ the Early Childhood Education (ECD) teachers. This is because most of the development might be geared towards other areas and not education. If we are to think about Kenya being like the Asian Tigers, it is important that we focus more on education than other areas of development. With those remarks, I would only support the Motion with very serious amendments."
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