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    "content": "The second issue has been a point that every leader in this country has been very passionate about. It is the current trend or they think it is in vogue to translate, transfer or change every middle level polytechnic into a university. This kind of habit that has cropped up, so that we have so many universities mushrooming everywhere in the counties, is something that must be stopped. It is good to have universities, but again, it is more important to have many middle level colleges. If you look at the number of universities that have been established from polytechnics, you will find that they are many. They have gone with the facilities that were in those polytechnics. Therefore, we do not have middle level colleges that we can use to train our teachers who are leaving secondary schools. This is one of the key issues which, perhaps, could be in this policy, so that we can help the counties to develop a sound framework for ECD education. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am clearly very sad, for example, with regard to Kisii County, where the present Kisii University College was developed from the Kisii Teachers College. Although we are very happy to have a university in Kisii, we have lost a college which was training middle level teachers. Therefore, we do not have any college in Kisii County which can actually train teachers to set up a foundation for ECD learners. I would wish that we could pass, by way of a resolution in this House, to have in every county a college for ECD education. Such a college would go a long way in providing more facilities for training our teachers. Also we, as a Senate, would have set up a resolution that goes a long way in supporting the counties. We must ensure that we have many teachers who are professionally trained to educate our children. Finally, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am very saddened to see that there is a lot of child labour in Nyeri County. Many of our children have gone to the flower farms and are not actually going to school. I would have expected to see that the Committee would have made another recommendation that outlaws the use of child labour. We know that it is illegal. I hope that the governors in their administrations in all the counties will ensure that there is no child who is being restrained from attending school. They should not be left to take care of cattle, goats or any other animals. We should not use them on our farms. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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