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    "id": 994302,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "for us to look at the greater element that would constitute proper and adequate learning for all our learners. Admittedly, there is what should have happened in the past. When I was Minister for Education, Science and Technology, we had made some bigger strides to increase the number of ICT centers in schools. When the programme changed midway, it should have been the responsibility of the Ministry of Education to ensure that the ICT learning was properly put in the hands of our young learners, whether they are in primary, secondary or university. That was never to be. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, now with COVID-19 pandemic, we have a real problem in our hands. I admit that it is a very delicate balance to be done by the Ministry of Education. As our President did indicate yesterday, we need to look at the various protocols that will be put in place to address this unique problem. What is at stake at this stage is the accessibility to the ICT services for children in remote areas where there is no electricity. I would have thought that part of the investment during this period would be on solar energy, to provide access to ICT materials by some of the young people in those remote areas. We have also another unique problem of our children within the urban centers that are in the informal settlements. They do not have adequate light and facilities or equipment to deal with this problem. That presents a unique problem. We have a rural problem where there is inaccessibility of power and other things. We have urban centers where we have the concentration of populations in informal settlements and, therefore, they have none of these facilities available. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the third element, even if we have to go through the broadcasting system, is the question of interfacing between the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) transmission centers. I assure you because I am the one who set up that center at the KICD that it is extremely digital. It can broadcast anywhere within the confines of Kenya using the transmission masts of the Kenya Broadcasting Cooperation (KBC). Unfortunately, the KBC has been analogue for a long period; I do not know whether they have transited to the digital level. Therefore, with the interface between the KICD transmission center and KBC, with their masts all over the country, it would help the children to access Information Technology (IT)."
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