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    "id": 952538,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/952538/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kinangop, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Zachary Thuku",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Zachary Kwenya Thuku",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to speak on this Sessional Paper No.1 of 2019. Indeed, it is a Paper whose time has come. It is well thought out and tends to answer the many challenges we are facing in the education sector in the Republic of Kenya. Nelson Mandela once said that education is the only equaliser. This is the only way a child from a humble background can dine on the same table with a child born and raised in palace. This being the case, we need to give education the weight it deserves. The Government has attempted to do this through budgetary allocation, where almost a third of our budget goes to education. But I do not think we are doing enough in matters education. If we are going to achieve what this beautiful Sessional Paper is attempting to do, then, we have to be deliberate in our resolve and actions. Indeed, we have to build capacity. As we roll out a beautiful education system that is complete and spaced, there are fundamental issues that we have to first deal with especially infrastructure. The other day, we witnessed a shocker to the whole nation that in a ward in the Republic of Kenya, there is no public primary school. Therefore, any shanty that was available, the parents were happy to take their children there. They did not have an option. This is telling in terms of our commitment towards education. You can imagine a ward like Ngando, which our colleague Hon. K.J. represents, has no public school and we are talking of winning in matters education. There must be deliberate action where the Government invests heavily and gives priority to this area, so that everybody can access education. There are many reports of what needs to be done, but implementation has always been a challenge. Really, if we have to get there, we have to change our attitude and approach to things that we aspire to do."
}