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    "id": 993117,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a parent of a child who is in the CBC programme, I associate myself fully with the Statement requested by Sen. Kwamboka. I want to request the Committee when it is considering those issues to address the issue of digital learning programme. Last week, through the Chairmanship of Sen. Moi and Sen. Halake, we engaged the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) and Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) to understand what they are doing to ensure the children of the poor and the common man in this country are able to continue learning. Unfortunately, in this country, it is the children at Brookhouse, Sabis, Braeburn, Braeside and other schools with English sounding names that are learning. The majority of 15 million children in this country are sitting at home, idling. We are risking a generation that will be driven into illiteracy, disease and poverty. Our children are facing the threats this country faced at independence. Could the Committee find out why after spending Kshs100 billion to provide laptops for children in the Republic, we cannot continue to provide electronic and virtual learning to the children of this Republic? Could the Committee tell this country the kind of adjustments that need to be made to the Digital Literacy Programme (DLP) to ensure that if this pandemic goes to the end of the year as some people think it will, or some people think it will be there forever, how will our children continue learning? Mr. Speaker, Sir, the model of going to radio, KBC told us that they are doing two hours of radio every day. Unfortunately, the children of the rich have access to the Kenya Education Cloud 24/7 and that is just about 10 per cent. About 90 per cent of our children are only given two hours of content every day. If we do not deal with this, COVID-19 is not just going to be a disease, it is not going to be a health hazard, but it is going to be a great social risk. It is going to drive the children of the poor and the common man to a very disadvantaged position. Could the Committee bring that report to the House?"
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