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    "id": 401477,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omondi",
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        "legal_name": "Godliver Nanjira Omondi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute towards this important Motion about education. I want us to do a flash back when we first went to school; where we started and the challenges we faced. We should ask ourselves whether we are able to change or leave things the way they used to be. Early childhood education was left to the teachers and mosques. When you look at the environment surrounding such a learning facility, it does not promote quality education. It also demoralizes early learners. Early childhood education being the foundation stage of the development of a human being, you find that when such a child enters primary school, life becomes difficult and such a child sometimes discontinues her education. The reason I am saying this is because during early childhood education, you will find that the teachers are not trained and those who start such schools just pick on anybody as a teacher so long as they are Form Four leavers. When it comes to primary schools, the trained teachers introduce complicated issues to the children and that is why we normally have many school dropouts. One colleague Senator said that we are not able to retain such children in schools. Many children are not going to school and this poses 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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