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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to contribute to the debate on Vote 31 â Ministry of Education. From the outset, I want to take this opportunity to thank the Minister for Education and his staff for doing a good job in the Ministry. The Minister has been very industrious; he has been all over the country visiting all areas, even North Eastern Province, to ensure that education in this country is given to our children. In the same breath, allow me to thank the departmental committee on education for also doing a wonderful job in supplementing what the Ministry officials are doing. I want, from the word go, to say that education for our children is extremely important. There is nothing as important as education for our children. The only investment that we can give to our children is education. We must ensure that we give our children quality education. A country which cannot invest in its children is doomed. I, for one, want to urge this House and the nation to ensure that we take care of our education. We should go out of our way to ensure that we give enough money, so that the Ministry of Education runs well and that our children get the quality education that they deserve. We seem to be talking of primary and secondary and university education, but real education starts from ECD. If we do not have it right at this level then we have lost it. We must ensure that ECD is taken care of by the Ministry of Education. This House must provide money, because we cannot ask the Minister for Education to ensure that he has employed teachers for ECD if this House cannot give him the money that he requires. I want to suggest here and now that it is incumbent upon us, as a nation, to ensure that we have this right from the beginning. We must ensure that ECD is catered for. If we cannot do that, then we have lost. I want to say that we cannot start talking about performance if we cannot talk about the beginning. A good beginning will make a good ending. So, we must ensure that ECD is taken seriously. I want to urge the Minister for Education to ensure that ECD is taken care of."
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