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    "id": 951353,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 376,
        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
        "slug": "millie-odhiambo-mabona"
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    "content": "As a country, we do not put a lot of effort in ECD education. So, when we get it wrong, then the children go wrong in their academia. I was very privileged to get very good grounding in ECD. I know the benefit. I recently heard one of my colleagues or age-mate saying that some of us are in a very good generation because we got a little bit of colonial era education and have been through every Government. I benefit a little from what was provided by the missionaries in my nursery school. If you look at the import that they put in ECD, it is very different from what we put now. We had very good infrastructure and excellent teachers. As a country, we are doing the opposite now. We devalue ECD education. It is the one that should have very highly trained teachers and excellent infrastructure. Instead, in most of the places which teach ECD education, we just pick anybody even those without qualifications. Sometimes, we pick people who only know how to play with kids. Therefore, children have very poor grounding. Because I know we do not have time, I have some concerns which I will raise with the Committee and I hope they will bring amendments. We should have stronger terms in Clause 7, for example, a parent shall ensure that a child is enrolled in an education centre. We have put a punishment of Kshs10,000, which is too lenient. We should make it obligatory for parents to ensure their children attend ECD education centres. Clause 9 should be worded in a way that integrates children with disabilities in regular schools. This Bill implies that we will provide separate schools for children with disabilities when we should integrate them in our normal schools by constructing ramps. I have not heard that word. I am just hearing about equipment. Those are exclusionary words."
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