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    "content": "now a centre of excellence. You cannot compare it with schools from Kuria because resources are concentrated in certain areas of this country. However, I cannot just make an end in that kind of argument because we also have inequality in population. For example, we pick people from Central Province, majority of whom are Kikuyus. Yes, they have more students who pass to join universities. We also have more of them in hospitals and mortuaries. We have more Kikuyus who are paupers than people from other. So, really that argument may not hold a lot of water because their population is nearly 6 million while the Kuria peoples’ population is only 300,000. We have to accept realities; but the truth must be said that however small populations may be, some regions were denied resources due to historical reasons. Over 50 years down the line after Independence, these are the reasons we should correct this situation. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, classifying all schools as county schools, will be going totally in the wrong direction and it is akin to trying to correct some ill using a wrong method. Let every school get enough funds to have enough laboratories and be given equal opportunity on teacher allocation. In Nairobi, for example, we have schools that have excess teachers whereas in Turkana and Moyale counties, we have schools with no teachers. This has been contributed to by cases of insecurity in those regions. There is no way children from these areas will be equal to the others because certain opportunities have been denied to the students. Those are the opportunities that we must work hard to offer. If we can have well- staffed schools in every county – Mwamzandi Secondary School, as you have mentioned, has eight teachers for very many students and some classes go without teachers. Let this school have the required 26 teachers. Let Shimo la Tewa High School which is a very old institution, have its share of staffing. This is the only way to correct the ills of marginalisation. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Motion needs an amendment. I am afraid that if I amend it the way I want, it will totally lose the intention. Therefore, I have no otherwise, but to oppose it. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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