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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mumias East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Benjamin Washiali",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 151,
        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
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    "content": "It is very painful since I am a parent of a number of students ranging from university to primary school level. I was imaging if I was that parent who lost their young one like those I saw in today’s newspaper. They took their children to school only to find themselves in a situation they did not create. Just as this Sessional Paper has mentioned through what I have heard from the Chair, it is very important for us as MPs to look keenly at the structures the students out there use for learning. I want to support this Motion and especially the policy framework that helped us develop this Sessional Paper No.1 on 100 per cent transition. This will enable as many Kenyans as possible to access education. In my constituency, in the last years, schools missed only four students to attain the 100 per cent transition rate. I hope the Chairman is listening to me. The Ministry promised to give out money to develop one extra classroom to accommodate the 100 per cent transition rate for the students in Form One this year, who will be joining Form Two next year. We are in third term and yet the Ministry has not given money to take care of these students. They need to develop the infrastructure to take care for those students who will be joining Form Two. I support this Sessional Paper because of ranking which is a big issue in this country. The advantages and disadvantages have been discussed in this House in a different Motion which I do not want to belabour. It is important for Kenyans to remain in harmony and the ranking aspects which used to categorise Kenyans into different levels should be done away with. Just like the Chair has said about the recruitment of interns, at least this Sessional Paper will enable them to be recruited. I want to agree with him and wish internships will not be stopped at this point. They should continue to recruit interns as long as employment opportunities are not readily available. There is also another section of the education system dealing with technical colleges. We can now see quite a number of technical colleges across the country. I am sure with the current curriculum they will go a long way in supporting the learning programmes this Government has put in place. We, MPs, are worried why parents are not aware of what is happening in the current curriculum. As you would realise, the other day when teachers were being taken through the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) training, some of them resisted. Today, some have been interdicted and others are in courts. So, we should find a way of resolving this instead of just forcing a programme on teachers. For example, laptops are not fairy distributed in this country as there are some schools which do not have…"
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