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    "id": 813570,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. TemporarySpeaker, Sir, forgiving me an opportunity to add a few points to what my colleagues have said. I thank Sen. (Dr.) Milgo for bringing out a very important issue on the registration of schools. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is true that our Constitution outlines in Article 53(1)( b), that every child has a right to free and compulsory education. How equal is the education we give in this country? Before we even talk about children who are learning in schools with interim registration, we should look at the quality of our schools, generally. Even if they are in a compulsory education situation, we find that there is unequal treatment and facilitation of the different schools. Let me address the registration aspect of our schools. In the registration of schools, there is the interim registration and the full registration. After a new school has been given interim registration, often the payment of the teachers is done by the parents. To me, this is discrimination number one. The reason that school has been given interim registration to begin with is because there is a need. We have large scale farming in Uasin Gishu. Learners walk very long distances to their schools. Most of the new schools cater for children of the lowest in society. Therefore, when such schools are left under interim registration for two or more years before they are fully registered, we are punishing our children. The problem with interim registration is that the TSC does not allocate teachers and resources to those schools. These schools are supported by parents. By discriminating them, we are not providing them with the quality education as envisaged in the Constitution. It is also very important to note that at the stage of interim registration, it is only the Ministry of education which understands a school is registered as such. Nobody else understands what interim registration is all about. In fact, sometimes, there is a delay of the registration up to Class Eight. That is why we have had schools where at the point of registering for examinations, we are told they are not fully registered. It is very important for the Ministry of Education to have the two arms of itself talk to one another. Teachers are deployed by the TSC and the registration is done by the 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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