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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omondi",
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        "legal_name": "Godliver Nanjira Omondi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my second reason on why I support this Motion is because education enables somebody to make informed decisions. We can see from what is happening today, we have middlemen who are using Kenyans because they do not understand the contents of the Constitution. They are riding on that; they are taking advantage to pass wrong information to Kenyans. I know that if these Kenyans are given that opportunity to go back to class, when the Government comes up with a policy that governs this adult education, they will understand the Constitution and make wise decisions. This will help them to understand what the contents of the current Constitution that is governing this country are. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, education adds happiness to everybody’s life because as you go to class and you add new information, your brain becomes renewed and you become happy because you have changed the status of life and you have received extra exposure. As you get that extra exposure, a Kenyan citizen lives a happy life and even the brain becomes healthier; because the learning capacity has enabled the brain to develop new mechanisms, new thinking and decision making. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion because education enables somebody to lead an independent life. I happen to come from an area where we plant sugar cane. As we speak right now, because of lack of information, our local people sold their shares to middle men simply because they could not understand when they were signing to sell the shares that they were moving out of the company. So, right now, they do not have a voice within the company, and they are now making noise that they are not being involved. So, it is because they lack knowledge to understand what they were signing and, at the end of the day, they stand to blame and they will regret when things are already out of their hands. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, wisdom comes as a result of education and acquiring new knowledge. It gives somebody that activeness of passing that knowledge to other people. When you talk about leadership right from the rural areas, right from the grassroots, right from the homes, this knowledge will only be within our people if they are given the opportunity to go back to class, whether old or young. We have young people within the community who end up in marriage and, at the end of the day, they now regret and feel like going back to school. This Motion is going to give an opportunity for young Kenyans to go back to school and to get the knowledge they 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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