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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kagwe",
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        "legal_name": "Mutahi Kagwe",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. From the outset, I wish to start by supporting Sen. Musila and say that during my tenure as the Chairman of the Education Committee, I pursued this matter through the Ministry of Education and they promised that they will do something about it, but so far, nothing has happened. I would urge that in the same vein, that action be taken on this matter because you will recall that Sen. Musila moved a Motion in the Ninth Parliament which actually became law and therefore, it is against the law to withhold the certificates for children. Having said that, I also rise to support this Motion by Sen. Mohamud and say that equal opportunity in education is paramount for equality in the country. That is why in passing the devolution aspect in Schedule Four, we allow that the ECDs are going to be taken care of by the county governments, but secondary schools and primary schools are still in the hands of the national Government. Therefore, I would urge two things in supporting this Motion; first, the county governments should start by building boarding facilities at the lower levels. We know that we have got an Equalization Fund and a fund for ECDs and we would urge that the Senators from the semi-arid and arid areas urge their Governors to immediately start investing in ECDs and also in polytechnics. We hear that Governors want to build primary schools, secondary schools and so on. It makes no sense to say that you want to build a primary or secondary school which is the work of the national Government and you have not built any ECDs which is your responsibility. So, long before you go into seeking responsibility that belongs to other levels of Government, let the Governors and the CECs responsible for education invest in ECDs and polytechnics. The contributions that have been made in this House makes it very clear that the purpose of education is not just to bury the youth in an information overload; the purpose of education is to foster creativity and widen the thinking of individuals so that education can impact not only on peace or education itself, but also change in culture so that they can inform dynamism in our thinking. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would, for example, like to imagine that cultural activities such as Female Genital Mutilation which is widely practiced in some of these areas would be reduced dramatically and in the same manner as we would be changing the societies so that we stop the aspects that stop the education of our children, particularly the education of girls. I would like to imagine that in thinking through the support of semi-arid and arid areas, it is not just a question of infrastructure, schools are 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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