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    "id": 383527,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. G. G. Kariuki",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 330,
        "legal_name": "Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, education is a very important factor in our development. The educationists are here with us and will come and say more about what they think about this Motion. However, we have to be extremely careful and ensure that the standards of our education will not be compromised at county government level. Those are new governments and we respect them. We know that no county government has so far settled down. They are in the process of employing personnel, preparing their budgets and creating their status. Therefore, it will be difficult for me to think whether time is ripe for us to transfer this kind of a responsibility to county governments. First of all, they have the responsibility of primary education, but they have not attempted to do anything about it. The Senate Committee has just started going round to see if there will be any improvements that they can recommend or support. Let us think very critically whether it is really ripe for us to allow this situation to happen before we jump into these affairs. I agree with someone who said that the responsibility can effectively be handled by the local people. But even today, the central Government does not interfere with the public when they decide to put up a classroom or develop a secondary school in any area. I do not know of any person who has ever been stopped from starting a secondary school in his locality. Madam Temporary Speaker, I think that the Senate Leader of Majority has tried to explain the purpose of this Motion. However, if it was within my power, or if I could advise him, the time is not ripe for this Motion. He needs to frame it in a different way. But if it is supported by the Jubilee Government and it is the one which thinks that it is now time to start negotiating internally with the county governments on how to hand over powers, I have no reason not to support it. Madam Temporary Speaker, I support this Motion, but with a lot of reservations. 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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