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    "id": 698266,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Amolo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Rachel Ameso Amolo",
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    "content": "want to congratulate the Senate for bringing up this very rich Bill that is long overdue. I will start with the training for early childhood development teachers. It has come out clearly that the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) shall give proper training to the teachers. In most cases, untrained teachers are taking care of our children at this very important level. You then wonder what they are teaching our children because they are unable to effect any change for lack of proper training. I want to support this Bill because of what it is going to do. It will bring a new curriculum and syllabus so that the teachers countrywide can get proper training and, therefore, meet the standards that are required in the profession. With regard to the infrastructure, it is necessary to support the provision of quality education. The classes our children attend need to be well equipped with proper tools. The other thing I want to talk about is the partnership between the national Government and the county government. When these two levels work together, it will help us to produce good citizens from the early childhood level. The other thing that will make us, as mothers, feel great is the free and compulsory education. It is stated in Article 53 of our Constitution that every child has a right to free education. You will agree with me that for now, some schools are charging fees for the early childhood education and some parents cannot afford. However little the fees might seem to be, it is difficult for them to pay. Some parents are keeping their children at home. When you go further in this Bill, it says that the Ward Administrator will be involved in making sure that every child in a village goes for the ECDE and if not, the parent pays a penalty of Kshs10,000."
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