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    "id": 945937,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Karachuonyo, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Adipo Okuome",
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        "legal_name": "Andrew Adipo Okuome",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to comment on this very important Motion. I will start with the primary level of education. We have challenges in primary schools. I will give my constituency of Karachuonyo as an example. I have inherited very many condemned schools which are in a pathetic condition. Sometimes, people think that the current MP is not active to ensure that those schools reach that level. I will start by saying that the inspectors of schools should do their work properly and if they see a school which does not meet the standards, they should take action at the appropriate time. If this was being done, perhaps, I would not be mourning over the condemned schools which are very many in my area. I only hope that the Government will not go to Karachuonyo to say that it is closing the schools because I am blaming them for sleeping on their job. I applaud the 100 per cent transition principle from primary to secondary school. However, there is a real challenge. We have admitted very many children in secondary schools when facilities are not there. Classrooms are non-existent for them and yet their number is far beyond what was before their arrival. Those are the challenges that we face in both primary and secondary schools. Coming to transition from secondary school to colleges, the technical training colleges are a welcome proposal. In fact, they are one of the best. Somebody who has gone to a technical school comes out with a skill which is ripe for operation and that he or she can use immediately. He does not look for jobs like his colleagues who went for courses or degrees which are more on the theoretical side. If he does carpentry, plumbing, electrical or masonry, he can look for employment. If he does not get any, he will be an employer. He will start his own business. If he starts a business, he will not be the only person in that business. He will need people to assist him. He now becomes a job provider instead of what he ought to have been - a job seeker. This is one very persuasive reason that I use even my own NGCDF to convince the young people to go for technical training in technical institutions. I have received excellent responses. They see the value of that a lot more although the syndrome of university degrees still lingers in their heads. We need to strongly persuade them to know that technical people are handier for jobs than those who have gone to university. I am not saying by any means that students should not go for university courses. I am making a comparison so that I can persuade young people in Kenya to ensure that they go for what can help them immediately. Some of them come from very poor families. They are looked upon by their parents or guardians as the saviors of the homes they come from because poverty rules in their homes. If they want to get out of the muddy area of poverty, they must go for what can give them what they need quickly. I also realise that in formal education, if you get your degree in say History, you cannot start your own firm. Even if you were to try, certainly, you will not go anywhere with it. I emphasise this and say that I totally support this Motion knowing that it is in the right direction for our beloved country."
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