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    "id": 951382,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyaribari Masaba, NAPK",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ezekiel Ombaki",
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        "legal_name": "Ezekiel Machogu Ombaki",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. I would like us to understand where we are and where we want to go. One, Article 53 of the Kenyan Constitution clearly spells out that, indeed, basic education is compulsory and supposed to be free. Each and every Kenyan child is supposed to access education at that level. But what is happening in our various constituencies, including mine, is that this is not the case. Why is it so? It is because, as we all know, ECDE is critical if education is going to be the pillar of our development. The way things are, when we came up with the new Constitution and distributed and allocated functions, all the other segments of basic education were given to the national Government and ECDE was given to our counties. I think counties have not embraced this idea that basic education is not only necessary, but also free and compulsory as enshrined in the Kenyan Constitution. Why do I say so? A number of our counties have not given priority to that very important area. You will find that there is no substantial allocation of funds that is made to that area that is so critical during any given financial year. That is why you find there is no infrastructure and facilities in our areas as required. Even paying teachers is a problem. In my constituency, I know of one ECDE centre where the parents are contributing and giving Kshs100 The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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