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    "content": "request the county governments to take over this initiative. For many years we have had adult education in this country. This is an initiative that really helped the more marginalized communities where adults felt that there were no mechanisms for school. So, in the evening, women would go to classes for adult education. Some of them sat for Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) and joined form one. In this country, we have had issues with marginalization. There are young people, especially from the nomadic communities who were forced to go and take care of their livestock. Therefore, they did not have an opportunity to go to class or even lacked teachers who would be there in the morning for them to go to class. When the Government realized how Kenyan adults were eager to learn, the department of adult education was started. To date, I believe the department is still there. If you go to Nyayo House, you will find a department on adult education. If you go to St. Peter Clavers, there is a class of adult education. Today, we were discussing with the Governor of Nairobi about education in Nairobi. We are very worried because we have about 800 informal schools. They are even more than public schools. We have about 205 formal schools in Nairobi. This means that there are many children not going to school due to lack of fees. Most of these informal schools are in slums. So, adult education can be one avenue of ensuring that they go back to school and even for the country to achieve the policy of free education for all. I want to thank the Senator for Kirinyaga, Sen. Karaba, because he has this passion for education where he looks at every aspect of it. While we talk about the wage, one of the things we should note is that we cannot compromise on some of the issues that affect Kenyans. Adult education came in to ensure that every Kenyan has access to education. This helps to make sure we move away from using our thumbs as a signature in the banks. This leads to the disadvantaged being challenged by everybody. This also leads to a lot of uncertainty because one can go to the bank to a thump print and say that it was"
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