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    "id": 401497,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nobwola",
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        "legal_name": "Catherine Mukiite Nabwala",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this chance to contribute to this very important Motion which was brought by Sen. Karaba concerning ECD education. As one of the contributors has said, ECD in the rural areas does not exist. Actually, you can only find it in towns. In my county of Trans Nzoia, we have ECD centres, but when you go further on into the villages, they are not there. You will even find that Standard One and Two children seated under trees where even the blackboard is hoisted on a tree. Although the ECD is a function of the county governments, I would like to call upon the national Government to take interest so that they can help the county governments maybe in the form of grants for them to develop ECD infrastructure. Madam Temporary Speaker, concerning training and recruitment of teachers, this should be standardized so that the same standard of teachers that teach in ECD centres in Nairobi should be applicable to the counties, because all students have to adhere to and sit for the same standard of national examinations. The ECD is the basic foundation of our children and once we lose that, then you will find that the performance of our 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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