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    "id": 698215,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 3036,
        "legal_name": "Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Bill. From the outset, I support this Bill. The reason we have very many children roaming our streets is because we have not attached importance to education of children. If this Bill has to be realised, both the national Government and county governments must join hands to make sure children are taken to school as soon as they attain school-going age. I would like to talk about children with special needs because they are many a time not given opportunity to go to school. Many parents will take children who are normal and able- bodied to school and keep away children with special needs. Sometimes, we do not blame them because there are times they are confounded with many issues like caring for the child. If the child is taken to school, the school demands that the parent pays for the upkeep of the child. It gives challenges to the parents and so they find it easy to keep the children away. As we provide this, the Government must set aside funds to support parents of children with special needs. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is important to note that if you visit schools that have established special classes for children with special needs, you will find that most teachers in those classes have trained themselves. The Government does not support those teachers to provide support to the children in those schools. As we provide the early childhood education, it must be holistic. It must also be all-inclusive that children with special needs are cared for. You cannot discriminate against them. 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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