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    "id": 918532,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise Pursuant to Standing Order No. 51(b) to make a Statement on the activities of the Standing Committee on Education for the period commencing 1st January to 30th June, 2019. During the period under review, the Committee held a total of 18 sittings, considered one Petition, one Motion, 23 Statements and has undertaken county visits to two counties namely, Wajir and Uasin Gishu. The Committee also held two engagements with stakeholders. In the period under review, there were no Bills referred to the Committee. Regarding Statements, pursuant to Standing Order No. 48(1), 23 Statements were referred to the Committee during the period under review. We have received 20 responses from the Cabinet Secretary (CS) to the statements sought. While considering the responses received, the Committee found some of the responses to be inconclusive while others elicited supplementary questions. The Committee has, therefore, invited the CS to a meeting with the Committee on 4th July, 2019, that is today. The Committee shall extend an invitation to all Senators to the meeting. We actually had that meeting today morning. It was an elaborate meeting and it went on for almost three hours. We went through the issues that have been raised by the Senators. One of the Statements requested of the Committee was on the alarming rate of teenage pregnancies in schools, which was requested by Sen. Khaniri. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 216 of the Senate Standing Orders, the Speaker allowed the Committee to jointly consider the Statement together with the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. The Committees engaged various stakeholders on 13th March, 2019 and will be tabling a report on their finding in the Senate. We went through that Statement during our meeting today and we will be incorporating part of the additional responses to the Plenary. The Committee also considered a Statement requested by Sen. Wetangula on the digital literacy program. In so doing, it emerged that this program had been moved from the Ministry of Education to the Ministry of Information and Communication, which organised an awareness workshop for parliamentarians on the Digital Literacy Program from 9th to 10th May, 2019 in Eldoret. The visit included a tour of the factory where the laptops are assembled and visits to some schools where the Digital Literacy Program had been rolled out. The Committee established that the program had not been implemented in most schools and that generally, the program had not been well executed. Further, few teachers had been trained on the subject and most of the gadgets were faulty and there were few officers available to repair them. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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