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    "id": 401474,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sijeny",
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        "legal_name": "Judith Achieng Sijeny",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I stand to support this Motion because of its importance. It concerns very special citizens of this country. When we lay a good foundation for our children, we are sure to bring up very good citizens who will be responsible to ensure that the economy grows well. They cannot do it on their own and that is the reason why I am supporting that the national Government recruits, trains and deploys teachers for pre-primary education within the counties. We know very well that when you take children of tender age to school, they tend to believe their teachers even more than their parents. I am talking from my own experience, having children of my own and remembering how it all began. In a parent’s mind, a child is very young to understand and then you try to look for a funny language so that they understand and yet teachers in their own way have managed to teach them the right thing, they will tell you, no, the teacher said this and that. There are times in most schools that these teachers get to counsel parents. But if they are not well trained, they are not even able to impart the relevant knowledge to the parents. In most cases, these are things that happen in private schools. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there is no manual for bringing up children. This is something you learn yourself. But there are people who are well trained and they impact this knowledge to the parents. In schools where the parents and teachers work hand in hand, the children end up being very good students and citizens. The other reason I am supporting this Motion is because this is the very beginning. Unless the foundation is laid properly, the result is a disaster. A child will 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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