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    "content": "NOW THEREFORE, the Senate directs the Ministry of Education, Science andTechnology to conduct a countrywide audit on the distribution of teachers in allpublic schools indicating the requisite establishment per school and the corresponding number of teachers who are in-post and further that the Ministry submits a report to the House on the matter within ninety (90) days. CREATION OF THE OFFICE OF AN AUDITOR TO SPECIFICALLY AUDIT THE BASIC EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS’ FUNDS THAT, whereas Article 53 (1)(b) of the Constitution provides that every child in Kenya has the right to free and compulsory basic education; RECOGNIZING the importance of education in the alleviation of the mainchallenges facing Kenya’s sovereignty identified at independence, namely; poverty, illiteracy and disease; APPRECIATING the gains made following the implementation of the free primary education programme in 2003 and cognizant of the principles set out in the BasicEducation Act of 2013 whose objectives include promotion and regulation of free and compulsory basic education besides providing for accreditation, registrationand management of basic education institutions; NOTING the substantial resources invested by the national and countygovernments, parents, sponsors and development partners in the provision ofbasic education; FURTHER NOTING that pursuant to the Basic Education Act, the County Director of Education is vested with numerous responsibilities including facilitation of auditing of all basic educational institutions in the respective county there by leaving fundamental gaps of governance especially in the management of the available resources; NOW THEREFORE, the House recommends to the Cabinet Secretary for Education to facilitate the creation of the office of an auditor to specifically audit the basic education institutions’ funds to enhance transparency and accountability and improve governance in the management of these institutions. INQUIRY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICY STATEMENTS AND STRATEGIES MADE IN THE NATIONAL SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION POLICY FRAMEWORK, 2009 AWARE that Article 43 (1) (f) of the Constitution of Kenya provides that everyperson has the right to education and that Article 53 (1) (b) of the Constitution provides that every child has the right to free and compulsory basic education; The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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