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    "content": "tell the Cabinet Secretary to start equipping the schools because we passed a new Constitution. The only reasonable thing is to use Article 187 to transfer the functions. This applies to Nakuru, Eldoret, Mombasa and other urban centres. So, areas that did not have authority to run schools were the rural areas but the urban councils are already running schools and there is no point in telling them to surrender the schools because we now have a new Constitution. In any case, devolution was to ensure that people have the opportunity to deal with their own development at a local level. There are concerns about national schools. If you go to Chebara Secondary School which is now a national school in West Pokot County, you will find that this one was built by the church and the local community. Kapsowar Girls in Elgeyo Marakwet County was also built by former President Moi’s personal donations and the community through fundraisings. St. Patrick’s Iten was built, purely, by the Irish Catholics. Now, it is referred to as a national school. No money was set aside by the national Government to build any classrooms. In a fact, I schooled there and the infrastructure you will find there today is what existed since its inception in 1961. That is what is being used up to now. It was not built by the national Government but by the church. This also applies to Sing’ore Girls’ and many other schools including Alliance. Alliance was not built based on money from the national Government. It was built by funds from the church. So, basically, devolving this function will give an opportunity for county governments to identify their priorities. They will identify where classrooms are lacking. What is the point of anyone writing a letter to the national Government to say that upepoulikuja na ukabeba mabati ya madarasa, Mtukufu Rais, tunataka pesa za kuweka mabati?"
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