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    "id": 562286,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/562286/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ndiema",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1067,
        "legal_name": "Henry Tiole Ndiema",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this important Bill. I wish to thank the Committee for bringing a Bill on Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) and coming up with good proposals that are in the Bill. The Fourth Schedule to the Constitution has devolved ECDE to the counties. I believe that was very proper because previously, it appeared like there was nobody responsible for ECDE. There was no document or law that placed ECDE on any institution in the Government. What we have previously seen is a haphazard establishment of these centres with varied curriculum, no uniformity and no standardization. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, ECDE is very important because how you educate and handle a child at that formative stage is very important. It determines what that child becomes in future. This Bill comes at the right time when counties are establishing these centres. Apart from county governments, there are other institutions engaged in running these institutions, more particularly the church organizations. I would wish that even if more responsibilities are placed in the county governments, the role of churches should"
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