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    "id": 950996,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gatanga, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Nduati",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Nduati Ngugi",
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    "content": "Most classrooms do not have windows. They are not well-ventilated. As a country, we made a mistake. Looking at all nursery schools across the country, you will find that the windows are positioned badly. They are poorly lit. They have no floors. The desks which have been provided are of very poor quality. They are not enough. There are no chairs. Even toilets are a challenge because in most nursery schools, the toilets are the normal pit latrines which most of the young people cannot use. As we take back this function to the national Government, we need to look at the design because that is where we made the mistake. We should provide a facility which can be used by the young people. The other thing I wanted to point out is that the teachers are not well-trained. They are poorly trained. In fact, you find that in most schools, it is the parents who pay for their services. The remuneration is quite poor such that you cannot get qualified teachers to teach in those schools. Playgrounds are also a huge problem in those schools. They are poorly kept. As a country, we should not have devolved the early childhood education. A few Members have talked about construction of classrooms. Some of them have pointed out that they can construct a classroom with Kshs500,000. Members, as we are talking to the nation, we should be serious. It is very hard to construct a classroom with Kshs500,000, unless you construct a classroom which will collapse the next day as it happened in Dagoretti the other day. A good classroom should not cost less than Kshs1 million. Studies were done by the Ministry of Public Works and their recommendation was about Kshs1.5 million. If you will provide good windows, a complete floor, at least two doors and a ceiling, I want to assure the Members here that, that cannot be done with Kshs500,000. If we say that we can construct a classroom with Kshs500,000, we will be giving the country the wrong information. I am sure when some of us go back home, we will be challenged because we are the ones who are proposing that amount of money. Indeed, we have been asked to bring proposals. Constituents will see that Members are able to construct classrooms with Kshs500,000 which will be a big mistake. I encourage Members to do the right thing."
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