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    "id": 562318,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply but before that, I will start by thanking all Senators. I have captured various ideas. As a Committee, we will go back and work on them as amendments. They include; the idea of a standardised curriculum, coordination especially at various boards and directorates and the language of instruction, whether mother tongue, English or any other languages can be used and also making sure that there is no conflict in supervision; targeting, for example, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and a county. The idea of devolving structure is a general idea so that counties cover both primary and secondary education not at policy level – because that remains at national level –but at infrastructural level. The Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) also should be used for building toilets. We may not incorporate that into the Bill. Mobile schools for the pastoralist areas should be emphasized, and as the Senator who spoke last has said, our children should be given a guide in terms of morality. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in summary, this Bill focuses on equality and inclusion, quality, capacity and partnerships. The Convention on the Rights of a Child, the UN Millennium Goals and Article 53 of the Constitution of Kenya advocate for quality education for young people in Kenya. This is what the Bill intents to do. With these remarks, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. Under Standing Order No.54(3), I request that we defer putting of the question to a more appropriate time when we will have the numbers. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir."
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