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    "content": "this Bill, we need to harmonize that so that we do not have conflict in the supervision and control of ECD teachers. Again, we need to have a standard model on infrastructure. The danger here is that you will find an ECD classroom of same specification in different areas is constructed at different prices. One could be Kshs2 million and another one could be Kshs8 million. I think we need to find a way of standardizing these things. We need to have a standard model and also advice on a standard bill of quantities. This is one of the areas that corruption creeps in. In conclusion, I support this Bill but I also hope that this House, a petitioner or the Council of Governors shall initiate focused discussions on devolving infrastructure development at primary and secondary schools in this country. This is a section that is suffering. That is why we proposed to add Kshs7.7 billion in the Division of Revenue Bill to go to counties and address emergencies. In my county, two school dormitories were burnt down by arsonists and we did not see the central government donating even a single cent in terms of disaster and emergency funds. Sometimes we wonder what these funds do in Nairobi. They should be taken down there so that when it comes to improvement of infrastructure, we hardly see the national Government. It is the Members of the National Assembly who go around masquerading and all the things they do will be painting walls and doing some superficial things in areas that are their political strongholds. When a new Member is elected, they forget about the projects initiated by the previous Member and they start new ones. Therefore, you end up with a situation of having too many classrooms in a county which are not completed. This puts a lot of pressure on us, as Senators and leaders to contribute funds for their development. I hope that we shall also have some conversation to devolve some infrastructure development for primary and secondary schools just the same way infrastructure development and staffing for ECD. With those comments, I support."
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