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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nakuru Town East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Gikaria",
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I totally agree with you on your directive regarding Hon. Barasa and whether he can ask a Question as a Member of a Committee. One day, I asked a Question directed to my own Committee and the Speaker came to my defence. He said that I have a right, as the Member for Nakuru Town East, to ask that Question. You are perfectly in order. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I do not know whether a Question has reached your desk regarding the directive by the Cabinet Secretary for Education on closure of some schools. I asked that Question and said it was urgent, but I have not seen it. I do not know whether it has reached your desk or the Table Office. On Monday, there was a huge demonstration in my constituency because of the schools which were closed following the directive by the Cabinet Secretary. Yesterday, when I was talking to the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research, he said that they have invited the Cabinet Secretary tomorrow. I understand tomorrow is a public holiday. The matter is urgent because there are children who are out, yet they have only three weeks before they sit for their exams. Others are doing their exams and they are out of school. We were asking for some timelines to be given. Instead of closing the schools, timelines should be given to allow the children to complete the few weeks and schools be given timelines to comply with the directives and requirements of the Ministry. It is unfortunate that there are so many children who have been affected. I was reading a newspaper which stated that 10,000 children across the country have been affected. I do not think that is right. The Children Act protects children. What happened at the Precious Talent Academy in Nairobi was unfortunate. At the same time, we need to consider the welfare of these children. When I engaged the County Director of Education on Monday, she said that children should go to another school. It is too much. I had asked an urgent Question on that matter so that, we, at least, get a directive."
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