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    "id": 698263,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sang",
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        "legal_name": "Leonard Kipkosgei Sang",
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    "content": "Duties of parents have been spelt out in the Bill. Every parent or guardian shall show cause for non-admission of their children. If they do not take their children to school, they will be penalised. As my colleague Hon. (Ms.) Alice said, Kshs.10,000 is a very small amount of money which can be raised within a very short time. A minimum sentence of one year is also a very short sentence. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has put ECDE under primary schools, but with the enactment of this Bill, the office of the principal of an ECDE centre is provided, who will run it without a problem. With the specific duties provided for the principal, the centre will run properly. We also have children with special needs who have not been considered for a long time. This Bill stipulates what county governments are supposed to do to take care of these children with special needs. Children with special needs, who have been locked at home for a very long time because of their disabilities, will have an opportunity to go to school and have a foundation which will help them to access education. County governments have constructed a number of buildings in the villages. In Kericho County, they have constructed a good number of them. With that infrastructure, children will learn without any problem. Let me say something on the issue of teachers. It has been said here that ECDE teachers are supposed to be diploma holders. For a long time, there were no rules on training of ECDE teachers. We have been having problems, but I know that these teachers are certificate holders. This Bill provides that ECDE teachers should be diploma holders. We are going to propose a few amendments so that the former ECDE teachers are not locked out. The Bill has taken care of the recruitment of teachers so that they will be recruited by the TSC. It is unfortunate that there has been confusion for a long time. I have heard my brother Sossion, for some years, debating whether these teachers should be recruited by KNUT or not. When this Bill is enacted, TSC will have the responsibility to recruit, train and discipline ECDE teachers so that we can have standards in the sector. To conclude, for a very long time, children in ECDE centres have been instructed without a curriculum. If the standards and curriculum issues are addressed, children from Kericho, Garissa and the whole country will use the same curriculum. Once we have this basic structure, our children will have the same level of education. I support this Bill, which is long overdue. Once the Bill is enacted, it will regulate instruction in ECDE centres and improve the management of the teachers."
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