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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo",
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        "legal_name": "John Krop Lonyangapuo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it seems that you are lucky. Either somehow you discovered some schools or those people are not from Kuria. I know that in the whole of Nyanza we had Maseno School and a few other schools like St. Mary’s, Yala that were meant to train fathers. However, by the time I joined that school, I was not a father. But can pinpoint very few people from around that region that are now highly trained. In Turkana County, for example, we now have about four professors. But three years ago, there was none. There is no national school, except those that were introduced recently by Prof. Ongeri and Prof. ole Kiyiapi. They inherited schools which did not belong to the national Government. There is one professor in West Pokot and eight in Baringo County. We have six in Elgeyo-Marakwet, six in Nandi, eight in Kilifi, six in Kwale, 12 in Mombasa, seven in Taita-Taveta, three in Lamu. None in Samburu County. If I go round the counties the number would be surprising. Kiambu County would have over 200 not because it is close to Nairobi, but the schools that I have just mentioned. There is a direct correlation between the quality of the human resource that we have today in Kenya and outside Kenya and the presence of a national school that is fully funded through public funds. The schools that I have just mentioned, like Alliance High School, have 100 per cent teachers. The 1,400 students have 84 teachers, while Chewoyet High School, where I am the chairman of the board, has 1,400 students as well, but with 36 teachers. The Maseno School that performed exceptionally is a national school. Do not bring Maranda School into this picture. It is an exceptional case where everybody who lives near the lake has decided to make that school look exemplary. Likewise, Murang’a High School is now a national school and it is doing well. Now that we have gone into devolution, ethnicity is being practiced. The governors who are locals have decided to fill positions with fellow locals. Very few employees are from other ethnic communities. Therefore, the Motion says that the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology should take immediate action to review the categorization of public secondary schools and to classify all of them as county schools in order to ensure equity in resource allocation and guarantee quality education for all. This should also apply to teachers. Teachers should also be shared equally in schools all over the Republic, so that everybody can access education. A student in Lodwar Boys High School which is in Turkana County should have the same strength as the one in Alliance Boys High School. It should have the same strength and equal measure as is in Alliance Boys, but there are 86 teachers and 28 teachers in other schools. You wonder what the rationale is. We could easily say that we categorize all these schools, we can start slowly, take about 10 schools per county and make sure that all schools are fully staffed with all the 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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