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    "content": "When we talk about the splitting of these Committees, we have a point. However, some people may think that we are wasting time and probably when we do not have a quorum, things would not work. A quorum of three people would do much better than a whole Committee which is nine Members. So, the quorum here should not discourage us from doing what is important. I am sure that the moment we have this one done and the committees are split and the new Chairpersons added to the number that already exists in the Liaison Committee, I am sure that we will see a very big difference in the way that this Committee will run its affairs. Mr. Speaker, Sir, last Friday, much as I had wanted the Committee on Agriculture, Land and Natural Resources to go and visit my people in Mwea, I was shocked to see only three or four Members and yet, the Committee is comprised of nine Members. So, once you have committed Members they always do what they would like to do. But if Members are not ready to work, they will not do so even if they are ten, 20 or 30. So, it is important to have people who are committed to do the job. I am sure that after this you will see a lot of returns coming to this House in the name of Committee meetings. There will be a very big change in the deliberations that will be passed in the Committee rooms, and I am sure one of them will be the Committee on Education, Information and Technology. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will note that the Committee on Education, Information and Technology is a very vast Committee. It covers the whole country in terms of the Ministries. Information Technology is involved in every other Ministry. So, if you combine it with education, which has more than 240 teachers employed, this number is too big to be managed by a sub-committee. You will find that the problems which emanate from the Ministry of Education are very serious and we need to know why some of these problems are there. The only way that you can do that is by having an almost 24 hour surveillance committee, which will look into the problems, training, recruitment and discipline of the massive Ministry of Education. It is also good to note that the Ministry of Education takes more than two-thirds of the country’s Budget. If that is the way the Budget is going to be allocated, we need to have a Committee which will look at the way it will be implemented so that we do not have problems at the grassroots, where the Early Childhood Development (ECD) teachers have been employed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I fully agree and support the Committee’s Report. I hope that this will be an eye opener for all the other Committees. I hope that the work which has been lagging behind for sometime will be fast-tracked. I hope that this will be a re- awakening bell and we are going to work very hard and see a lot of changes in the Senate. I beg to support."
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