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    "id": 901777,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/901777/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mukurweini, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Anthony Kiai",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13439,
        "legal_name": "Anthony Githiaka Kiai",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This is Public Petition No.46 of 2019. I, the undersigned, on behalf of members of the Kenya Booksellers and Stationers Association (KBSA), draw the attention of House to the following: THAT, Kenya Book Sellers Association has been distributing books in line with the Ministry of Education policy that was formulated in 1998 and a pilot project done in Machakos and Laikipia counties by the Government of Kenya in partnership with the Republic of Netherlands; THAT, direct delivery to schools allowed for inspection and verification of books by an Inspection and Acceptance Committee and ensured that micro, small and medium enterprises accessed Government procurement opportunities in accordance with the provisions of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act; THAT, in 2016, the Cabinet Secretary for Education unilaterally revised the policy and resolved to directly supply books to county education headquarters, and not schools, without public participation and due consultations with booksellers as stakeholders; THAT, the centralisation and direct distribution of books at the county level by the Ministry has resulted in loss of livelihoods of businesspersons and bookstore owners who used to earn a living from supplies to schools; THAT, the consistent use of data by the Ministry of Education in disbursement of the free primary education and free day secondary education has not been applied in the supply of text books; FURTHER THAT, a majority of the secondary schools had attained a textbook ratio of 1:1 and hence they did not require more books and where the ratio was below 1:1 schools’ requirements should have been considered before supply; THAT, consequently, the new model of supply has caused an oversupply of text books in secondary schools to the tune of 300 per cent in 2019 due to a replication of the books supplied in the year 2018, which is wastage of public funds in contravention of the provisions of Sections 162(3) of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2015; THAT, for the last two years, standards Four, Five and Six have not had any textbooks while classes Seven and Eight have only been issued with four out of the six text books required and grades One, Two and Three have only been supplied with Mathematics, English and Kiswahili books since the inception of the new curriculum; THAT, the failure to supply the aforestated books has compromised the quality of education in the affected institutions; 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."
}