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    "id": 426227,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hargura",
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. As much as the problem is clear, from the Mover of the Motion, we now know that the hindrance is with the teaching personnel and how we can have a policy to recruit teachers. In any institution of learning, teachers are a very important component. Without teachers being in place, trained well and being remunerated properly, then the systems would not perform. That is why we have been having the adult education department for a long term but with no visible fruits. According to our Kenya Nation Adult Education Survey of 2007, 38.5 per cent of Kenyan adults are illiterate. That translates to about 8 million people. There is a lot of disparity within the country. The report says that Nairobi has the highest literacy rate among adults at 87.1 per cent while north eastern Kenya has the lowest at 8 per cent. For the last 50 years, this country has been independent and the formal education system has been running. This shows that in some parts of this country, the infrastructure for formal education is minimal. The youth and children have not gone through the education system because there are no adequate schools for them. Owing to that, there is need to capture that population that has contributed positively to the development of this country which is handicapped by the fact that they are illiterate and cannot contribute 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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