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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Musila",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Mover of this Motion, Sen. Halima Abdille. This is not the first Motion of its kind. During my 15 years in the National Assembly, I have gone through a series of Motions of this nature where movers call upon the Government to provide educational facilities to marginalized areas of this country. After we have gone through this Motion, the Government will take this matter seriously. It is now 51 years since Independence and I am sorry to say that we are still talking about the same thing. We have some marginalized areas of our Republic where people do not have facilities. We are talking about arid areas mainly North Eastern Province and northern part of Rift Valley and Eastern Province. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yesterday when we were prosecuting the Motion of Adjournment, issues of insecurity were cited and education was also given as one of the reasons which lacks in certain communities. That is why we keep on having certain practices which we should not have at this age and time, particularly cattle rustling. If the communities we were talking about yesterday had been given much education as every other area of this Republic, some of those practices would not be there. I am sure we would not be talking about cattle rustling in northern Kenya or people burning others in their houses for very flimsy excuses and so on. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is time that our country takes the issue of marginalization very seriously not only in education but in other sectors including infrastructure, education and so on. We should bring the inhabitants of this great Republic at par in terms of education and in terms of all facilities. I want to support very strongly that these areas which have been neglected in the past and because of the arid nature of the areas involving the practice of moving from one place to another, it is not possible for children to access education when they are not boarding. Usually they go to school but when they move, they have to interrupt their education. I know that the Government has tried to do something in the past but the boarding schools that they built are not adequate. You will find one or two schools in a county and it is not enough because the population has also increased. Therefore, it is important that the Government makes sure that we have adequate boarding, secondary and primary schools in arid and semi-arid areas so that children can study effectively. As Sen. Karaba has indicated, those children are just as clever as others and it has been demonstrated when they have been given chances in national schools like Alliance High School. They have done very well just like others. Therefore, it is unfair for us to keep some sections of the population with fewer facilities and expect that they will move along with others. In fact, I dare say that the insecurity that we have in this country is as a result of unequal education opportunities in our county. Therefore, this Motion is very valid and I would like to urge that this time round, the Government should 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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