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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "experts on board to give them expert information. Instead, they make sure that they exclude the experts. A person like Prof. Ndurumo is someone we cannot do away with in the area of special needs education. He has brought a lot of value addition to this county. However, he is never brought on board. In any case, when they are discussing issues of special education, they make sure that Prof. Ndurumo is not brought on board. Madam Temporary Speaker, there is need for the Government to be candid on the issues of disability to ensure that the children with disabilities are not left behind. I can candidly say that in the current system of education, the special needs students are being wasted in the classrooms. I visited Kapsoya School for the Deaf where I noted that special needs students are being wasted and the situation is getting worse. The special needs schools do not have resource document. The KICD do not want to approve quality resource documents. It is a pity that we as a country cannot do anything about children who have special needs. It is unfortunate that even as this debate is going on, nobody seems to care about the children with special needs. There is need for us as a country to do something about it. Madam Temporary Speaker, I hope that the issue of special needs students will be interrogated. The Cabinet Secretary in charge of Education, Prof. Magoha should appear before a Committee of the Whole and not just the Committee of Education. Prof. Magoha should come here so that Senators can interrogate him. Public participation on education matters should not be lopsided. It should involve all Kenyans. They normally do public participation amongst themselves---."
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