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    "id": 601578,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Limo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1915,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Kirui Limo",
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    "content": "House stage we move an amendment to the definition of “sponsor” so that it takes care of religious organisations that do not own any land, but offer free services to ensure that schools are guided as per the beliefs of those religious organisations. Clause 3 talks about the County Education Board (CEB) while Clause 5 proposes the establishment of a Sub-County Education Board to represent the CEB. We have a big problem. Whereas the Constitution brings services closer to the people, the Basic Education Act takes away that benefit from the people. Currently, there are a lot of unregistered schools. Why? Because whereas the national Government devolved the responsibility of registering schools to the county level, the responsibility of determining whether a school should be registered or not was moved away from the people. Whereas the national Government, through the Ministry of Education, moved services to the local level, at the local level all the services of registration of schools were moved from the sub-county level, which is a district or constituency, to the county level. Therefore, justifying the need for registration of a school is a difficult task, because most people at the local level do not even know whom to approach, so that their schools can be registered. Therefore, I support the establishment and strengthening of Sub-County Education Board. In fact, I do not see the role of the CEB. All the roles should be taken to the sub-county or constituency level, bearing in mind that education is not devolved; it is a national Government function. Most education issues are tackled at the constituency or sub-county level. Therefore, I propose that instead of having the two boards, we should have only one board, which will collect all information and take it to the Ministry of Education. Having so many boards on the ground will make management of educational matters very difficult. The other issue we need to make very clear, and which has been causing confusion, is the National Parents Association."
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