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    "id": 515335,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/515335/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Gwendo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13121,
        "legal_name": "Joy Adhiambo Gwendo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am skeptical to support this Motion considering that with our new devolved system of governance, we have the ECDs and the polytechnics under the county government, but I do not know if we can comfortably say that the condition in which the ECD institutions are in is something we can call good and still want to add more responsibilities to the county governments. It is a good idea to have classification of schools. A good example is the former Central Province which has Alliance and Mang’u high schools whereas the other regions do not have the same calibre of schools. National schools enable students from different regions to join this type of schools. The students perform well, but with the kind of classification we have now, we must allow all students to get an opportunity to study in all national schools. If we rename them county schools it will not be fair because many other deserving students will be denied a chance to join those schools and gain from better education facilities. We are yet to do much in our counties, because many counties are yet to establish schools that can really be called national schools. They are still not well facilitated. Therefore, if you give more responsibility to the county government, our children will have a raw deal. In the former Nyanza Province, for a very long time we had Maseno High School as the only national school in the region, but this did not stop students from Nyanza Province from going to, for example, Nairobi School, Mang’u or Alliance. This enabled them join various universities, including the University of Nairobi. The whole idea of having national schools in different counties is giving opportunity to all. This is a very good Motion, but I beg to oppose it."
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