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    "id": 92848,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. MâMithiaru",
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        "legal_name": "Ntoitha M'mithiaru",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute and support Vote 31 of the Ministry of Education. First of all, I would like to thank the Minister and his staff for the good work they are doing at the headquarters of the Ministry. At least, we can see many things that are now moving faster than previously. For instance, I have been able to preside over the issue of the board of governorâs nominations, and these days they are being approved very fast indeed. We can all see the success of the Free Primary Education (FPE) Programme in terms of enrolment. But enrolment alone is not enough. For us to get proper FPE, it must also be coupled with quality education. Quality education can only come by if we have enough teachers, just as my friends have mentioned. I am glad that, already, there is this advertisement to employ 18,000 primary school teachers and also secondary school teachers. I want to underscore what my friends have said, that this is not really the solution. We must move in terms of vacancies. We must address the issue of understaffing in the respective areas rather than treating everybody in a uniform manner, since we know that understaffing is not uniform. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we know that Kenya is a signatory to the UN Millennium Development Goals. Goal number two is on universal primary education. On this, we can confidently say that we are on the right track and thank the Ministry for this but let them sort out the issue of quality. There are funds which are meant for the FPE and also secondary education within the schools. This money is being misused. We would like the Ministry to strengthen the audit department at the district level. Without fear of contradiction, all I can say is that all the people who do the audits are corrupt. They go to audit schools and instead of giving a proper report, they just give a shoddy report. We would wish the Ministry to have a proper external audit of all the funds received in schools. We also have this budget for the Ministry of Education. We know they are limited in terms of funds, but I would wish to repeat here that without adequate teachers, even if we have all the children going to school, then what we are producing at the end of the day is a mind that is not competitive and will not be able to compete with anybody out there. I would really wish to underscore the fact that the Ministry should be able to properly have their Vote, and also the Treasury should give them adequate funds so that they can function. There are problems in areas where new districts have been created. My district of Igembe North is an example. We have a DEO but we do not have the other staff. So, you find that even in this employment of teachers, we are using staff from another district and this is a very big limitation. So, we would wish that as the Ministry posts the DEOs to the respective districts, they also post adequate staff to ensure that the Ministryâs district offices function properly. Lastly, I would like to comment on the co-curricular activities. As Dr. Eseli has mentioned, I also have been approached by all the schools in my area, saying that they have excelled and want to go to the national level, but they have no funds to take them to Kakamega. Two months ago, they excelled in sports but there was no money to take them to the national events. As the Ministry concentrates on the academic side, let us also have enough funds to ensure that all our children get the proper support in extra-curricular activities. As they say, just being a bookworm is not enough. You must also have the presence of mind and engage in sports. With those few remarks, I support."
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