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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "have given to the counties, and with the conditional allocations that the counties are going to get; that this House considers giving the counties even more conditional allocations. In the United States of America, where they have a federal government system, they give a lot more of their funding in conditional terms. Money for education is given as conditional allocation for, say early childhood education. We are in a country where we have abandoned early childhood education. The reason as to why our education system is suffering is because we have stopped paying attention to the stages of children development, the nursery school level. If you want education to go well, attention must be paid to the nursery school level. Following devolution, early childhood education was left to governors to do as they wish. That is not acceptable. In the next allocation, we have to consider giving a conditional allocation to the county governments specifically for early childhood education and polytechnics, which are also very important in terms of skills development amongst our youth. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, again, I celebrate the funding that has been earmarked for maternal healthcare. I agree with the First Lady as we continue to congratulate her on her Beyond-Zero initiative, which is focussed on ensuring that no mother loses her life as she gives life. The First Lady was able to share her programme with the world at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Kenya was celebrated as a country that was making steps towards realising the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). We are asking the country to continue with its efforts towards realising the MDGs regime that is intended to shape the new development goals for the world. With those remarks I beg to support the Bill."
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