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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Karaba",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Dickson Karaba",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, these buttons should be known to us every other time because they keep on changing like goal posts. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am happy you have given me the chance again to contribute towards the Presidential Speech. It was good and I fully support it. This was one of the very rare happenings in Parliament for the President to tell us about what he has achieved in the two years. During that period, the country achieved a lot of development although there were some limitations. All good things were articulated in the Speech. Many times, when we go out of the country, we compare Kenya with many countries which developed earlier. Many times, when we go to Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines, we lament a lot that Kenya at Independence was at the same level of development with these countries. However, something happened somewhere which made us lag behind in terms of development. We need to find out what Malays and Singaporeans did which made them develop their countries as we lagged behind. What special qualities did the Presidents of those countries have to turn round their economies? Listening to the President delivering his speech, I must say something is happening in this country that will make us proud as Kenyans. That is why I said the speech was good and commendable. Therefore, we must support the President in his fight against corruption. All those individuals who are mentioned in this Report and who will be found to be culpable, action must be taken against them because they have made Kenya lag behind in terms of development. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I noted that in his speech, the President said there are many schools which have been supplied with electricity. Many teachers have been trained in Information Communication and Technology (ICT). We expect them to mount training programmes in ICT to about 12 million students in public secondary schools. But very little was said about teachers’ recruitment. So, how do we have schools enrolling so many students and yet they do not have enough teachers? How do we continue connecting those schools with power? How do we continue putting up so many schools and yet we are not saying anything about teachers? About 80,000 teachers are required if we are going to have quality education in this country. Without sound education in any country, we cannot talk about any development. Education is the wheel power that drives the economy of any country. Without it, we can talk of the country moving backwards. There is no way we can talk about a progressive country without talking about education which is proactive and progressive. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Si, I hope next year the President will come here and tell us the number of teachers they will employ. It is important for all students to complete their primary and secondary education. All our pupils must enjoy the free primary and 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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