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    "id": 951289,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/951289/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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        "legal_name": "Julius Kipbiwot Melly",
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    "content": "The First Schedule provides the criteria for determining the suitability of premises for the conduct of early childhood education. The Second Schedule provides for the conduct of affairs of the board of management of Early Childhood Education centres. This Schedule has clearly brought out how the ECD centres will be handled. The Bill affects the functions of the county government. It concerns the counties for purposes of the Standing Orders. We are aware this is a Senate Bill, but we will debate and dispense with it. On public participation and stakeholder participation, the Early Childhood Education Bill (Senate Bill No.26 of 2018) was published in the Kenya Gazette No.115 of 4th September 2018 and passed by the Senate with amendments on 2nd May 2019. The Bill was also read for the First Time in the National Assembly on 11th June. Thereafter, it was submitted to the Departmental Committee on Education and Research. We looked at it as a Committee. I will comment on our recommendations: Our views were based on meetings that we did and public participation. We met the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, State Department for Early Learning. We had input from the Kenya Law Reform Commission (KLRC), Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) and a memorandum from Mr. Daniel Okoth. These enriched the Bill. It gave us a wide perspective on the Early Childhood Education Bill. This is an important Bill not only for the county governments, but for the running of education in this country. This House needs to debate it and enrich it further. The Committee considered all the proposed amendments by the stakeholders and incorporated amendments that were deemed valuable and admissible."
}