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    "id": 993134,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ndwiga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njeru Ndwiga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to join my colleagues who have voiced concerns on the current issue of education. I thank Sen. Kwamboka for bringing this Statement. This is a very clear example of how resources are misused in this Republic. We have KICD who develop content. We have developed beautiful content because I had an occasion to watch some of what they are transmitting. However, who is the recipient of this content? How are the children supposed to receive this content? I did a sample test in my county and I can tell you that in Embu County the children who are receiving this content are 20 per cent. The remaining 80 per cent of the children are not receiving the content in Embu County, which represents a sample of the entire country. There is absolutely no learning in this country. As the Senate, we challenge the Ministry of Education to come up with a very clear roadmap on how we will resume learning in this country. Education in this country stopped from the day schools were closed and children told to go home. Let nobody tell us that there is learning going on through television. The content is not getting to the recipient. The other day, one parent called me and said: “We have been hearing the Cabinet Secretary for Education saying that learning is going on. What are you doing as our Senator, since content is not reaching us?” The parents think that the content is not reaching them. Children are all over playing because even the parents do not know that this learning exists. Mr. Speaker, Sir, whichever Committee will look at this Statement, we want the Cabinet Secretary for Education to hear us loud and clear that in this country there is no education. We sympathize with him and the situation because it is not his doing. However, can we come up with systems that will remove the confusion in the country today? If we are going to have any learning, when will it happen and how? The ‘when’ may be a problem because we do not know how long the COVID-19 pandemic will be with us. Nevertheless, the ‘how’ is key since systems could be developed where we can get some children to school. For example, Standard Seven and Standard Eight pupils could resume, while the others wait until we get rid of COVID-19. I do not think that, as leaders, we are ready to watch this country go back to illiteracy. We and the Government have fought so hard. We need to put in place proper systems that will ensure that education continues. Thank you."
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