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    "id": 391702,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/391702/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ongoro",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Elizabeth Ongoro Masha",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the adoption of this Committee Report. Even though I have not had adequate time, I have perused through it. I have seen that they did a good job by visiting the counties. Their research was quite intensive and extensive. They have come up with very good recommendations. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, early childhood education is really the foundation to education. But unfortunately, many times we do not give this stage of learning the importance that it deserves. Like in a building foundation, you can only construct a building to the extent of the strength of the foundation. The kind of foundation that we give to our children determines how far they go. I fully support that we should develop a universal curriculum for early childhood education. If you take the case of Nairobi alone, if you go to Mathare, Korogocho, Kibera and consider what the children are being taught in Baby Class and Nursery School; if you compare that content with what a child in Lavington, Muthaiga and the other upmarket areas are learning, you will be so surprised. We cannot expect these two children coming from these kinds of backgrounds who are going to transit to primary school and sit the same examination, but having had completely different foundations in education to perform at par. I support that we should develop the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development which should come up with a 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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