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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "meetings seem to be giving us better quorum, just like any other. It appears to be a nice new norm that we might adopt beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. That is where we should have been if the laptop project was continued. It is unfortunate that we have invited the Cabinet Secretary several times, but he has not come. I hope we will get him around this time, so that we share. He is losing a lot from a Committee that has two former Ministers of Education. He could have learnt the challenges that those Ministers faced and how they managed to surmount them during their time. If the laptop project was on, the next thing we would be asking ourselves is the connectivity issue. If during this period of the COVID-19 pandemic the enablers of internet were encouraged, I am sure we would have covered the whole country with internet. As we think of reopening schools, we cannot do without the right infrastructure to enable teachers to have the least contact with the students, so that students can learn on their own. In fact, I hope the Ministry is thinking of reactivating the laptop project, especially for Form Four students and Class Eight pupils, so that when they go back to school, they are able to learn being in contact with the teachers and also on their own wherever they are. Assignments can be given to enable students to learn even during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. We will be aggressive as a Committee. My Chairperson is here and I am sure we will come up with something that will make this country proud. We only urge the Cabinet Secretary to give time to the Committee. As the Committee on Education, we have invited and even asked him to attend via Zoom, but he has not done that. The ideas are many and good. I thank Sen. (Dr.) Mbito. This is going to be another opportunity for us to seek the attention of the Cabinet Secretary, so that we finish this agenda. I thank you."
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