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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when Sen. (Prof.) Lesan consulted with me that he was bringing this Motion, I was happy. I congratulate him for doing so. That is why I have joined the few Members in the House to voice our concern about what is going on in schools. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. (Dr.) Zani has brought out some valid points. Why are we playing with our education system? Today we have this and tomorrow we have that. Any CS who comes in to the Ministry of Education wants to appear like he or she wants to reform something. This is not because it is necessary, but because it is fashionable to appear to be doing something new. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I asked the current CS for Education why he intends to do away with 8-4-4 system. I also asked him how widely he had consulted. Why did we have 8-4-4 system, in the first place? If we want to do away with this system, one would think that the Ministry wants to align the education system of Kenya with the rest of East Africa systems because their system is 7-4-2-3. However, he had no idea. He just wanted to appear to be reforming something. This is where our problem lies. We have been students at one time or another. We have been student leaders in our own right. Some of us led strikes when we were in schools. The conventional expectation is that when students strike, it is largely because they are dissatisfied with the management of the school. Their target will be the administration block, the head teacher’s residence, car or his house. I have not seen any situation where systematically, every school has a dormitory burning. Why would students destroy their own property? This is because in the dormitories, they have their boxes, clothes, beddings, books and even hidden foods. In my community we have kamakhalange . We would take it in the morning during breakfast. Why would students burn down what they own in schools? It does not add up. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, since this cycle started, neither a single school’s administration block has been targeted nor the head teacher. Property is just going up in smoke. Schools are happily calling parents and imposing heavy fines. I was in Kitale and Bishop Kewasis told us that in one school where he was protesting, a dormitory was burnt out of about 10 dormitories. The school used the opportunity to call all the parents regardless of whether their children were in that dormitory or not and required each 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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