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    "id": 670986,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that that The Basic Education (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.38 of 2014) be read a Second Time. This is a Bill from the National Assembly. It amends The Basic Education Act in several ways. I take this opportunity to highlight some of the most fundamental amendments that this Bill introduces to The Basic Education Act. First, I would like to refer to Clause 5 of the Amendment Bill. The Bill introduces a new Section 25(A) to establish a Sub-County Education Board and provide for its composition. As hon. Senators are aware, the current Basic Education Act creates a number of structures right from the National Education Board to County Education Boards. It is desirable after strong representations from all stakeholders in the education sector to have at the sub-county level, an education management organ in the form of Sub-County Education Board. Sub counties are the former districts. That is one of the amendments. Clause 5 creates the Sub-County Education Board. It also provides for members who will sit in that Board. The members are modelled along the same lines as the current membership of the County Education Board but at the sub-county level. In other words, the usual stakeholders are represented. There is a chairperson and twelve other people including the Sub-County Education Officer who will be the secretary to the Board, a representative of the County Executive in charge of education, a representative of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), a representative of the Private Schools Association, two representatives of trade union representing the interest of teachers and where applicable, one person each representing jointly the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) and the Evangelical Fellowship of Kenya and also a representative of the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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