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    "id": 698336,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/698336/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chumel",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Chumel Moroto",
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    "content": "When they were preparing this Bill, they did not cover areas that have been marginalised for a long time like West Pokot where I come from, which was a closed district. Most of those ECDEs were run by pastors of a church with knowledge in Kiswahili. Sometimes, they would bring those children together and make them sing from morning until the time they returned to their homes. We have to change that. I am grateful that the devolution set-up in this country has helped those areas. I also thank the county governments of West Pokot and those of Turkana and Trans Nzoia - who are our neighbours - because I know how they were and what they are now. They are now beginning to put up good ECDE classes for the first time. They have gone further to provide chairs where children sit comfortably because they are of the right size. I am proud of this and thank my Governor and his team for what they have done. We should also pay more attention to ECDE than other sectors such as roads and water. Most of the time, the money given by the national Government to the counties is mostly for roads and health - ECDE is ignored. But I am happy we now have this Bill which will be implemented. I am in the Committee on Implementation and we will ensure that this Bill is implemented on the ground."
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