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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13184,
        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "We are certain and we can confirm to this House that children in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) areas like Isiolo are not learning at all. Some of us have tried to help with what we can. We have approached a company like Safaricom to give toll free numbers to do what we can, but that is a drop in the ocean. While we thank our stakeholders for coming in small ways, 78 per cent as of last night we were told are children who have no access to any learning materials, online or otherwise. We have spoken through the ad hoc Committee on COVID-19 to many stakeholders. They have confirmed that no learning is going on and the syllabus is not being covered. The radio programmes are one way and cannot guarantee the interactive feedback that is needed for learning to be measured. The Cabinet Secretary needs to tell us exactly what they are doing about the future generation of this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Statement should be expedited. As you know, the Cabinet Secretary (CS) has written to our Clerk asking to be given time to work on it. We do not have that time. This is because the disparity and the gap between the rich and the poor is expanding to unacceptable levels. Therefore, if there is one Ministry that really needs to put its act in order as soon as yesterday, it is the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) and explain to us all the billions that have gone down with regard to connectivity, computers, all content and cloud connectivity. Parts of Kenya do not even have the basic 2G internet to access anything. Energy is another issue. We do not know what happened to the Last Mile Connectivity because, again, the children who have the gadgets cannot even charge them. This is dire and should be expedited. We should be given a report as soon as possible."
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