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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Sen. Wetangula should wait for his time to speak. I want from the outset to congratulate Sen. Mohamud for pointing out this at this time. As a country, having enacted the new Constitution four years ago, everybody must have basic human rights as stipulated in Cap.4 of our new Constitution. Allow me to read Article 53 (1) (b) which states:- “Every child has the right to free and compulsory basic education” This applies to every child in Kenya including the areas that the Mover has stated. Article 54 (1) (b) states:- “A person with any disability is entitled to access educational institution and facilities for persons with disabilities that are integrated into the society to the extent compatible with the interests of the persons”. We also have the same people in the areas that the Mover has stated. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will proceed to Article 55 (a) about the youth. It states:- “The State, shall take measures including affirmative action programmes to ensure that the youth access relevant education and training” The areas that the Senator has mentioned are supposed to benefit. Finally, we have areas that we call marginalized which resemble these ones that have been mentioned in Article 56. They are called minorities and marginalized groups. It says:- “The State shall put in place affirmative action programmes designed to ensure that minorities and marginalized groups: (b) are provided special opportunities in education and economic fields”. I want to say that the new Constitution has categorically recognized and taken into account some of the areas that we somehow forgot for almost 50 years now, like West Pokot and other counties that are in the pastoralist region. I do not know whether it was deliberate, but time has now come when we need to see how the national Government, given that primary and secondary education all fall under it Schedule Four of this Constitution, that in order to mitigate and make sure that some of these issues are addressed and that every child is taken care of, that boarding facilities are available for children of pastoralists. Some people do not know who pastoralists are. In fact, these are people who move from one place to another looking for pasture with their mobile wealth, that is, animals. 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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