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    "id": 951386,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Karachuonyo, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Adipo Okuome",
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        "legal_name": "Andrew Adipo Okuome",
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    "content": "comparison to the situation in a constituency such as mine. Some of the buildings the children are in are condemned. This does not apply to the ECDE classes alone. I have so many condemned classrooms both in primary and secondary schools. When I say this, I throw my mind back to what happened yesterday when the CS for education closed down a school within Nairobi. The classroom which caused that bad incident ought to have been condemned before. If our education is to continue smoothly and with some safety, I would urge very seriously that the Government checks the kind of classrooms that are in schools. The Government should give us money to take care of the condemned classrooms. First-timers like me have inherited condemned classrooms in our constituencies. This is causing us a hard time because much as I would personally like to sort out the issues of condemned classrooms, the demand from other areas is so much that if I were to concentrate on condemned schools, I would be ignoring some of the requests we get from the other areas of the constituency. I, therefore, would put much emphasis on classrooms. For the children themselves, we need to take a serious step to ensure that they are enrolled. None of them should be left behind. That is a matter that this Bill is sanctioning. I am very glad that the children who are in ECD classes are benefitting, but I would like the benefit to cut across the board so that we are able to give adequate education to our children. Again, it is not clear as to whether they should pay fees or not. I know the Bill is trying to address that issue. It would be better for parents if the children are given education for free. I am aware that the county governments are responsible for ECD education although, practically, parents think that all those functions should fall within the responsibilities of the Member of Parliament. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you very much for having given me the opportunity to talk about this important Bill. I support the Bill."
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