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"content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Those are my comments. I urge other Members to fully support this Bill so that we can pass it in record time."
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"content": " Hon. Tindi Mwale, and then the ladies will have their bite. Please proceed."
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Basic Education (Amendment) Bill, 2023, which looks at the establishment of a Sub-county Education Board in every sub-county. Just as my colleagues have indicated, this Bill is timely. It will bring better efficiency in terms of providing education to our children."
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"content": "I want to continue from where my colleague has left and go straight to the composition of the Sub-county Education Board. I thank my colleague, Hon. Mary Wamaua, for the well- articulated section on the composition of the Sub-county Education Board. However, I would like to bring something to her attention. When you are coming up with persons to be on this Board, try to consider gender balance, youth and people living with disabilities. It is not clear how their representation will be guaranteed. We must ensure they are represented. There is also the issue of quorum and how the Board shall function. As you know, 85 per cent of parliamentary work is done in committees, and there is a set way in which they are run. Looking at the composition of the Board, it is a committee. Therefore, the Member needs to outline how many members form a quorum. Hon. Mary Wamaua, once you determine how many members form a quorum, you will have to look at the qualifications of the chairman. If the chairman is supposed to have a degree and other members do not possess one, what happens when there is a quorum and the chairman is absent? The members who are present will have to choose a chairman who will perform the functions of that Board. Therefore, the qualifications of the members of the Board need to be in tandem with those of the chairman. The other issue is the functions of the Board. I do not wish to repeat the functions, because my colleagues have already elaborated on them. However, we have had challenges with the implementation of the basic education curriculum. Even the Competency-Based Curriculum has become a thorn in the flesh for many parents and stakeholders in the education sector. This Board will look at the implementation of the curriculum, which will bring better efficiency in terms of the education our children will receive. There is also the issue of how the national education policy is implemented at the grassroots. We have had an issue where policies are generated in Nairobi, but implementing them at the grassroots level becomes a thorn in the flesh. The Board will help with the interpretation of the national policy and also come up with policy reforms. My colleagues have not highlighted the aspects the Bill has delegated, and I wish to bring them to your attention. The Bill has delegated powers to the Cabinet Secretary to come up with regulations which will aid in the coordination of the Board with other boards, such as the county education boards and the national education board. The regulations that the Cabinet Secretary will bring will outline the coordination between the county, the sub-county, and the national education boards. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "With those few remarks, I thank my colleague for the noble idea. I also support the passage of the Bill with amendments."
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"content": " Before I call on the ladies, I want Hon. Raso to be very brief because he has to go for a serious session."
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"speaker_name": "Saku, UDA",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this very progressive Bill. Hon. Wamaua, when I initially looked at your Bill, I asked myself why it did not come as part of an omnibus Bill. However, in hindsight, the proposed instrument has a far-reaching effect, which warrants more attention than just a line in an omnibus Bill. For that reason, I support it as a standalone Bill in three areas. First, our Constitution talks about devolution and decentralisation. The county education boards are the epicentre for coordinating education in the counties. Looking at the rise in population and the configuration of sub-counties, some constituencies have three or four sub-counties because of their vastness in size. I do not countenance what Hon. Keynan said, that we should look at the counties as the epicentres of devolution. I disagree with him because we are decentralising education only to centralise it again at the constituency level. For that reason, the elephant in the room for Hon. Wamaua is to convince the Budget and Appropriations Committee to allocate more money to the education sector. Beyond that, all other factors remain constant. This is a very important Bill that this House must support. For those of us who are pastoralists from arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs), one of our major difficulties today is that although we are told education is one tiered; it is two-tiered. There is the education that counties close to the centre receive and that which far-flung counties receive. There are two types of education. Therefore, when we decentralise education at the grassroots, it will reach every corner of this country. The CBC is the way to go. In Saku Constituency, certain schools cannot be reached by the team from the county education board when it rains. Only the teachers, parents and students are left in the schools. If it rains for three months, those schools are cut off. But if we have a sub-county team that can use all available means to access those institutions, that will be the way to go. Hon. Temporary Speaker, you and I know that one of the reasons why we have low turnout and low performance in education in our region is the lack of supervision. The county education boards are 300 or 400 kilometres from some of our constituencies. That makes it difficult for them even to arrange logistics to supervise the schools on a day-to-day and monthly basis. That also affects the promotion and posting of teachers, especially when one has first- hand information on what goes on. On the Constitution of the Board, Hon. Wamaua needs to consider the basic education requirements. The requirements must be basic as opposed to appearing to be the ceiling. The basic requirement should be a post-secondary education for all the members, but they can have a university education and specialise in certain fields. From the drafting, it appears that a university education is the basic requirement, which Members are uncomfortable with. You have been guided on the same issue as well. Finally, I want to talk about school registration, funding, and the school feeding programme. This Bill is best placed to address those issues. It takes a year for a school to be registered. I think it is because that board meets twice or thrice yearly. A sub-county education board can meet every two or three months. It can even meet every month if an emergency within a constituency or sub-county requires attention. With those remarks, I support this very progressive proposed legislation. I ask all colleagues to support it. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"content": " Hon. Jematiah, followed by Hon. Kathambi and Hon. Lesuuda in that order. Do not worry. You will get a microphone. You will The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "allow many Members of Parliament, including the Member of Gichugu, to have a bite at this if you take as few minutes as possible. Just take about five minutes, although you are entitled to ten. You can say everything you would like to say in five minutes. Hon. Kihara, I have noticed you. I cannot forget you."
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"content": " Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity. I congratulate my colleague and friend, Hon. Wamaua, for her consistency in ensuring this Bill has returned to the Floor. As you can see, the Bill came into place in 2023—one of the most crucial Bills we have to consider during these unprecedented times in education. It should also be noted that Hon. Wamaua was a teacher before she joined this august House, where she comes with much management experience. Look at her, Bill. It espouses so much the passion she has for management. I like how she is trying to correct the situation in the current structure of education administration."
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