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    "content": "Governmental Organisations (NGOs). The Government should also take the initiative as well because it understands that education is a right for everybody regardless of culture. We should spearhead this programme instead of leaving it to NGOs and other people of goodwill who would want to support such initiatives. We could spearhead it and say that it is never late. This is being embraced by communities which, previously, did not have high regard for education. Young men and women want to know how to read and write. They want to go back to school and to take their children back to school. The same way we devolved the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Education, we should also devolve Adult Education Programme. The adult education function should have been transferred to the counties so that they mobilize and ensure that it is implemented at the county level. Just as the Mover of this Motion put it, education is a basic right. We need to look at several issues regarding counties and how we can ensure that education serves the purpose that it is intended to. The different counties I know have poor access to education; children have to walk long distances to get to school. Therefore, they delay going to school because of walking long distances. They have to maneuver their way through elephants and insecurity. That is why we need more boarding schools in such areas so that we are sure that we have taken our children to safe schools, they are safe and can access education. Slowly, we are seeing some cultures changing. People are yearning for education. We should not have limitations; the Government should avoid hindering people from accessing education. I would like to thank the Mover of this Motion. I support."
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