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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is a sad and shocking situation. It is something that has left all Kenyans wondering what is happening. We know that it has happened in the past, but we have never seen it happen in the magnitude that it is now happening in this country. It is almost like a daily routine. Every day, there is a school being razed down. It is a moment that we have to pose as a country and ask ourselves what is going on. It could just be a problem at the surface, but there is an underlying problem that we have to look out for and find out what is going on. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when you think about it, it shows that there is a fabric that is not together in our country where children resolve to burn, cause chaos and mayhem regardless of what the situation is or why it is happening. It is also a question where you ask whether they are also learning bad manners from grown-ups and the things that we do when we want to protest instead of having dialogue or sitting down to raise issues. It is not just about the schools, but it also dents our education system as a country. Last year, the issue of exam cheating was all over the newspapers and media. As if that was not enough, now it is the issue of discipline. These things are all over the international media, social media and online. Other countries are wondering the sort of students and young people we are bringing up. This is not something to be taken lightly; we have to look at it as a whole. We have had different reforms in our curriculum and done piecemeal reforms to fix things. It is time to realise that there is a big problem that needs to be fixed. There are all manner of speculations regarding why the schools are being burnt down and none of them holds water. There is speculation that maybe the teachers and the students are not happy or that there is a problem with the Cabinet Secretary. Ultimately, there is no reason big enough for students or anybody else colluding with them to raze down a school. It is sad because ultimately it is the parents who will bear the brunt. They will have to raise money to build those dormitories. This is something that the parents, the stakeholders and the State need to look at. We also have to relook at the security in the schools. Given that cases of schools being burnt are now rampant, we should anticipate it and heighten security in our schools. One wonders whether there is no student who can report these happenings. We have heard stories of students securing everything, including their boxes, and then burning the dormitories. Is there no student who can raise the alarm regarding such plans? As I conclude, we have read that the CS will meet the stakeholders and the clergy tomorrow. As a daughter of a bishop, I know that sometimes we overburden God on things---"
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