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"content": "schools and manage them effectively. The only other proviso that I would propose as an improvement to the Motion that is proposed by Sen. (Dr.) Zani, is that even if a school is categorized as a county school, we must remember that in accordance with Article 187 of the Constitution, money must be devolved from the national Government to ensure that the school is properly funded, so that the funding of the school is not just left to the county because it is called a “county” school. It should continue to get the commensurate money that is required to run the school effectively. In addition to that, if we want to revolutionalise our country and create a real Kenya, not just tribes within Kenya but a real Kenya, schools should be rewarded for ensuring that they reflect the face of Kenya. A school should be given awards in terms of financial support commensurate with the degree of accommodation of other areas and other tribes in our country. If a school has got 25 per cent of its pupils coming from outside its region,that school should attract more funding from the Government because the purpose of education is not just to read books, it is also to produce a Kenya where people feel more Kenyan than their tribes. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, If we want our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren to feel more Kenyan than we feel, we cannot walk the same path.If we walk the same path as we are walking today, surely, as day follows night, we can only arrive at the same destination. The reason why Kenya will be different tomorrow and why an individual in Nyeri will feel more Kenyan then than now is because of the actions that we will have taken to ensure that it is the case. We must take action today to ensure that tomorrow, people are going to feel more nationalistic than they do today and this is part of the process. This will ensure that the county schools are not just “county.” “County school” does not mean that the school is only attended by those from those counties. A county school should be a school in terms of the fact that it has proper funding and that a child in Nyeri will want to go to Shimo la Tewa, not because it is a national school but because the performance and what is given there is such that the child would like to go to that school. If you look at the performance of the national schools today, for example, Kagumo High School, my former school, which is categorized as a national school, they had 13 students with mean grade of A, on the other hand, Murang’a High School in the constituency of the Deputy Speaker, had 51students with a mean grade of A. If I were to ask my child where they want to go, never mind about the categorisation, would they want a school with 13 As or that with 51 As? I propose to you that a smart child will want to go to a school that is performing, whether that school is in Nyeri, Kilifi or Kwale. It is good for us to appreciate what the purpose of the Motion is, which is to ensure that we have good schools in all counties. One feels the frustration that is there in those areas where you cannot really count a good school. Finally, there is a reason why some areas do well and some do not. I want to say that we must take responsibility. Parents must take responsibility for how our children are going to perform. When I went to university, we had 102 students from all over Kenya because we were a national school. I can quote some of the people we were with including the former Speaker Marende. Today, that is not the case and it is the same society, the same school and the same place that exist. Now why is it that in those years 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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