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    "id": 876408,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Zani",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Agnes Zani",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. This Statement which has been sought by Sen. Wetangula – and we really appreciate him for bringing it to the House – reads like a nitty gritty of the process that anybody should go through when they are thinking of implementing a project. It contains the sort of the questions that should be asked, and the sort of answers that should be sought in advance. Madam Temporary Speaker, for a long time, questions were raised about the whole issue of getting children to have laptops. Many of these issues would been avoided if people had an ear to listen; and to know that it was constructive criticism that would have helped us to implement something that was going to be worthwhile. We now have the new thinking; that instead of issuing laptops, we have laboratories and various issues that have not yet been streamlined. The issue of the implementation policy needs to be explained. This will include the procedure that should be followed; the building which should be given, as other members have said; and the phases, if it is going to be in phases. If so, which counties will start and which will end. All these are very critical issues to consider. There is also the explanation of how the Government will ensure standardization of computer laboratories across the board. This is because this can be an area where you might find some students in some counties having better and more sophisticated laboratories or even better equipment compared to others. It is also important to think about training of teachers in ICT, because that will be very critical. We also need to think about the levels where it is going to begin; at what levels are we talking about? Are we talking about right from Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) up to primary level? All this has to be put out very clearly. Madam Temporary Speaker, this is such an important issue and I am happy that it has come out, because it will allow the Committee on Education to interact with the relevant agencies within the Government Ministries so that they can come up with the answers. I support what Sen. M. Kajwang’ has said, that this needs to come as a report---"
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