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    "id": 698293,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "H.K. (Dr.) Njuguna",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1508,
        "legal_name": "Humphrey Kimani Njuguna",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. With regard to the spirit of this Bill, we want to see issues of early childhood addressed in such a manner that develops standards. Most ECDE teachers are not trained. As a country, we need to have standards for teachers. We also need to have the infrastructure and other requirements in place. This will ensure that our children get proper foundation. The issue of distance is important. One Member has noted that there is no way a three year old child would be subjected to walking five or ten kilometres. Standards must be set in terms of the distances these young children are supposed to walk. My constituency has 86 public primary schools, but in terms of the ECDE, we could be having about half that number. We should consider the distance that children in primary schools have to cover. Children attending ECDE should not travel long distances because they are still young. I support the Bill because it addresses an issue that already exists, which is an anomaly in terms of training and laying the foundation for our children. If we have a proper foundation in place, the education of our children will be good. Let us not forget that this is a very important formative stage for our children. A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. This is a single step for the ECDE and we should support it now and during its implementation. We need to collaborate with the county governments, so that they can consider this an important educational matter at this particular time. We are concerned that our children are not getting what they ought to get at this point. With those remarks, I support the Bill. 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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