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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also wish to lend my support to this important Bill in furtherance of achieving the provisions of the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution. Under the Constitution, Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) programmes are domiciled in the counties. Therefore, I thank Sen. (Dr.) Langat for bringing this Bill to the House in such a detailed form that will help in management of these centres. I have few comments to make on this Bill. First, I would want to make it absolutely mandatory for each primary school to have an ECDE centre so that the process of transition from early childhood education to Standard One is orderly and properly managed. This is because sometimes children go to some ECDE centres in isolated places and when they graduate to Standard One, parents run all over looking for schools and so on. When children in ECDE centres are part of an established school, it orientates them early enough on the culture of school because they are able to see their older colleagues in Standard One, Two up to Seven. The teachers in the ECDE classes should also be part of such a larger family of a school. Therefore, I want to see a clear provision in that regard. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, education in this country is free and compulsory at every primary level. Clause 7 of the Bill has provided sanctions. However, I urge Sen. (Dr.) Langat to know that many parents in the villages are unlikely to meet the punishment he has provided of Kshs10,000 fine. We must appreciate that people in this country are extremely poor and as such, many parents with many children are in the category of those who are below the line. Therefore, when parents offend the law by not taking their children to school, we should emphasize community service as a form of punishment rather than fines and The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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