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    "id": 542131,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wangwe",
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        "legal_name": "Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": "the British Protectorate. In 1909, there were representations of the protestant missions in the British Protectorate, who set up the Church of Scotland Service as their Chair. After the missionary perspective, the First World War came; it was a concerted effort by the British to develop African colonies that were established at the coastal region of Kenya. The British began re-examining and re-evaluating education in the African territories. In 1923, the British Secretary of State established a committee chaired by the Parliamentary Undersecretary of State to advise on the education affairs of Kenyan Africans. This period marked the beginning of the three-tier education system in Kenya. There were racially segregated schools for Europeans, Asians and Africans. It was also the starting point of a joint venture between the colonial government and the missionaries, whereby missionaries led the way for colonialism. After Kenya attained Independence, the three-tier system developed into three-tier types of schools – government schools, private government schools, formerly reserved for the whites, and private schools, which were the best equipped. The missionary schools continued to exist although some of them were converted into government schools. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, that is just the preamble on how formal education came about in Kenya. Allow me to go into what really made me feel that examination fees should be abolished in Kenya. These are the various challenges that our country continues to experience as and when the system is moving. The Kenyan education system faces various challenges. One major challenge is the provision of education for all in Kenya which goes through cultural issues. Kenya has 42 tribes and not cultural rights. Out of the 42 tribes various cultural issues arise. The culture or lifestyle of some groups forbids some gender from proceeding or enrolling in educational institutions. If a child drops out of school because of lack of school fees, the cultural issues will antagonise the child so that he or she does not proceed with education. So, it is better we do away with the challenges facing the child in order for the parents not to say: “Our child is not going to school because this or that is happening.” There are also religious issues. Some religious denominations discourage education for some gender at a certain stage. This disrupts the policy of education for all. They have instilled values so that the child is not able to attain personal goals in education. By removing examination fees, we are simply giving leeway for the child to proceed and make sure there is no hindrance whatsoever that would stop the child from proceeding with education. There is also the challenge of mismanagement and misappropriation of funds. The people in charge of the education sector use the monies meant for education for other functions. This means that education services and facilities are greatly hindered. Some institutions increase fees to levels that parents are not able to raise it. Instead of channelling the funds to the intended functions, they misappropriate them and say there is no money available. By removing this levy, no one will get an opportunity to say that there is no money. There is also the challenge of high pupil to teacher ratio, meaning that one teacher has to serve many pupils. This leads to low quality services thereby denying the pupils The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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