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    "id": 952677,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omanga",
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        "legal_name": "Millicent Omanga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Pursuant to Standing Order 48(1), I rise to seek a Statement from the Senate Committee on Education regarding the fatalities caused by the collapse of a classroom at Precious Top Talent School in Dagorretti South, Nairobi City County, which led to the death of seven pupils and over 60 injuries. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) State reasons for the lack of public schools in the area which has a population of almost 35,000 Kenyans whereas the Basic Education Act grants rights to free and compulsory primary education. (2) To explain the legal and disciplinary measures, if any, that the national Government will take against the persons responsible for constructing an unapproved building that placed the pupils lives in danger. (3) Outline the measures the national Government is putting in place to ensure that set infrastructure standards are adhered to by the construction companies and enforced by the National Construction Authority (NCA) in order to curb the recurrence of such incidences, and (4) State the plans the national Government has of helping with the burial arrangements of the pupils who lost their lives as well as any form of compensation to the families of those deceased and injured. Finally, I pass my condolences to the families of who lost their little ‘angels’ in Precious top Talent School. I was there the day before yesterday. Probably that is why the media decided to brand us as disaster celebrities. That was so unfortunate. As a leader, if I had not gone there, the same media would have blamed us even more. I think the media is not also playing its role. Why are they using that situation to demonise us and make us look bad in the eyes of the public? I was at the site and the situation is pathetic. My heart is bleeding."
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