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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chanzu",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to support this important Bill by the Senate. The Bill deals with the foundation of education. That is the initial formative stage of the youngsters who eventually have to grow up and get to where we are or even beyond. This is an important Bill. The only problem is the controversy it brings when it comes to the issues that have been said. I have been here and I have listened to what my colleagues have been raising, like the issue of the boards that are supposed to manage established institutions. In my constituency, those childhood centres are in church premises. That is what needs to be looked into. Otherwise, the fact that the Bill is here with us is important because it will bring order. Any law we put in place is supposed to bring order. We have failed in terms of enforcement and implementation. If you look at the number of laws we have passed here, there is no follow up. I have been in this House for a long time. There are many laws we have passed and some are similar, but the main problem is enforcement. The biggest problem we have had in some areas is the demand for those early childhood centres, which the Government should ordinarily have provided. Since 1963, education or illiteracy has been in all manifestoes. Therefore, the Government should have taken steps or measures to ensure that any learning institution we have has ECDE centres. There are youngsters who come out of ECDE centres and end up in primary schools. It should be an integral part of 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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