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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ali",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Those of us who are in the private wing have a big problem coming here. You have to queue to request to talk. I wish to contribute to the Statement by Sen. (Dr.) Mbito. In most of the arid areas, students are suffering. We have stated here severally that the children there do not have data bundles and there is no Safaricom or Airtel networks. How do you expect these people to study? Given the way things are going, chances of students going back to school are very low. If it continues this way, they might lose the whole year. It will be unfair for children who have been in school for four years to waste another year. I want the Committee to look into issues of how these students can do the exams even if it is early next year, but have enough learning hours. We were told that there were computers. This Government has failed in many issues. When you look at the Ministries concerned, the Cabinet Secretaries think they can say whatever they want when they do not know what is going on at the ground. I urge the Cabinet Secretary concerned to look into these issues. When it comes to teachers in the northern region, the Teacher Service Commission (TSC) always wants to transfer them, but what are they doing about these things? They should be helping the Ministry. Even if the policy is from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the teachers and the TSC know how these things work. I do not know what the Ministry of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Innovation and Youth Affairs is doing. The President released the first loon internet balloons. I do not know whether they are for the 5G signal coverage. What is the importance of all these things to the children who live in the remote areas of this country? The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology should wake up and make sure that these pupils are able to study properly during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic."
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