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    "content": "his continued contribution on this same subject. I will also add a rider on the same that this Senate has been commenting, discussing and even passing very important Motions and this is just one of them. I hope, just as my colleagues have said, that when it passes, it should be implemented. I do not want to belabour the importance of education because my colleagues have talked about it, but I would like to say that it gives us an opportunity to make better choices whether one is an adult or a young person especially where I come from. The people there are pastoralists and they will have an opportunity to do other things other than cattle rustling. That is why education is very important. One of the greatest challenges we face in the pastoralist areas is the fact that the older people have not benefitted from education. So they do not see the need for education. So to convince them that it is important for their young children to go to school is an uphill task. They do not understand why it is important to take their children to school. If these adults had an avenue to learn on how to read and write or just have a basic understanding of issues, then definitely they will see the reason why their children should go to school. When free primary education was introduced, we saw the fruits and I know if we introduce adult education in full, we will also see the fruits. If we took adult education seriously and implemented policies, we will see the benefits and the fruits of engaging in it. In our country, we always hear of adults saying that they do not have to read anything by themselves because someone else has read it for them. If we take adult education seriously that old man at home would want to get a copy of the constitution, go through it and engage the leaders. I think we would be making more informed choices through the old men at home. May be if we had an informed electorate or population, we would be seeing different results in different areas. When we talk about adults, there are women and girls who are now in secondary schools. These are people who dropped out of school due to pregnancy. They should not be castigated or we should not declare that it is over for them. Through adult education, they can always have a second chance to go back to school and pursue their education to attain their full potential. This is a policy that can be adopted so that those who want to go back to secondary schools can get a chance for education. My colleague talked about polytechnics and the middle level schools. We have not been taking these seriously. We want all students to go to universities and to have degrees. I know that if we have adult education in the pastoral areas where we already have the knowledge of using guns, then we would translate this to reading and writing. We would enroll them in the NYS and in the army and make good use of them because they have something they can offer to our country. I know that they would also want to volunteer to help the nation instead of staying at home. They can be trained and they can also volunteer to work in these institutions. I know, for a fact, that in some counties, like Samburu County, there are programmes where adults, because of their lifestyle or culture, during the day go to herd and in the evening attend class. They attend evening classes provided by Non- 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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