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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Aden",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to contribute to this Bill, which I support. I concur with my colleagues that, indeed, the passage of this legislation is long overdue. Nevertheless, the opportunity is now for us to do some justice to it and ensure that we give our country a well-structured education system. From the outset, I would like to say that the input of any nation in terms of good quality education usually manifests itself as output in terms of productivity as a nation. For that reason, the more we perfected our education system, the more we ensured good plans for a future Kenya whose output will be of high value and that which competes with other nations in the world. This particular Bill speaks to a number of important issues. There is an important clause that empowers the TSC to ensure that it deploys teachers and ensures that all schools are staffed. This amendment will make things very clear and ensure that the TSC has teeth to implement this task. I come from a region where almost all schools are nearly being closed because there are either no teachers or where they are there they are very few compared to the number of students in a school. It is an urgent matter that the TSC should take as an emergency. Recently, some teachers were posted to some parts of my constituency and they refused or failed to show up in those schools. If you find out from the TSC, you will realise that there are challenges in terms of instructing teachers well or removing those who do not comply with instructions. This empowerment is very important. The TSC also needs to adopt the spirit of devolution. Sub-counties should have TSC branch offices. It is very important. We have TSC offices only at the county headquarters and yet some of our constituencies are very vast. The ones in the northern region are far away from the headquarters. In my case, Balambala Constituency sits far from the headquarters, which is Garissa town. This is the case and yet there is no TSC sub-office in Balambala Sub-County, where there are many primary and secondary schools. For that reason and as a matter of urgency, the TSC needs to go down and devolve these offices. If they do that, they will do their jobs better as they are constitutionally supposed to do. This will ensure properly staffed schools and the quality of education is met as per the required standards. This Bill proposes sponsoring of poor children. The Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) for the National Treasury and that of Education, Science and Technology, through consultation, can provide provisions for financial assistance to needy students. This is very important. A number of times, we Hon. Members have been forced to sponsor needy students personally from our own 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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