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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kathiani, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Robert Mbui",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. First, I want to begin by thanking Hon. Kositany for coming up with this timely Motion. Clearly, this is one of the problems we are facing as a nation in managing our educational institutions. The first thing I want to point out is that, for quality learning to take place, there is need to have enough space for classes, offices, laboratories, and all sorts of amenities. More importantly, we need space where our learners in early childhood all the way up to secondary school can exercise their bodies and play. Different sporting activities are part and parcel of our curriculum. The tragedy is that majority of our institutions do not have space at all for the children to carry out these activities. In fact, it is shocking because some of our schools do not even have space for us to build extra classes. Therefore, when a school grows and requires expansion so that it can have extra classes or an extra laboratory, most times we have to look for land. My experience under the NG-CDF is that when many of our schools are started, because of the need of the community to have a place where children can go to school, we always have someone donating land. So, under the NG-CDF programme, once it is agreed that a person has donated land and the land is available for public use, funds are availed from NG-CDF and schools are put up. But then, the most interesting thing is that after a short while, there is going to be required expansion and this same person who was a donor now becomes a seller. The rates at which they sell land after schools have been set up are incredible. Therefore, it is important that this Motion passes and we ensure that there is a land policy on acquisition of school land because people who are adjacent and neighbouring schools take advantage, all the time, of these institutions and sell their land at prices that go way beyond the normal rates. So, it is important that this policy is set up so that as we go into the future, no one The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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