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"content": "(Hon. Abubakar Talib crossed the Floor)"
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"content": " Order, Hon. Members. Hon. Talib Abubakar, you do not cross the Floor just like that. Go right to the end at the Bar and come back. Hon. Members, these rituals are part of our practice. We should respect and uphold. Proceed, Hon. Jematiah."
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"content": " Thank you. Most Members who have spoken before me have clearly made very good points. I will not belabour much. Sub-county education offices will enable and correct most of the injustices happening within the education sector since devolution came. We have realised that education has suffered many mismanagement problems. The proposed new board that Hon. Wamaua has tried to put up in a very basic way will help. Reports from every sub-county will be well managed within the sub-counties without going all the way to county levels and back. Sub-counties are the liaison. They can be empowered to make decisions through this Bill because they interact with teachers and schools almost daily. Delays in decision-making rank highly as challenges. As you know in education, children spend nearly the entire year in school. Most likely, the impact on results and quality of education will be negative when decisions are not made on time. Unlimited oversight capacity is another thing sub-county boards will tackle if empowered. That will give us good results, quality education, quality life, and good examination management in the country. I propose that in the future, we could have schools managed properly by having a small number of schools within our constituencies instead of many schools being built all over the place. As a county Member of Parliament, I see that schools in a ward, for instance, have almost 10 to 15 schools in almost the same perimeter. This also contributes to mismanagement because of the inability to do proper management. When you have many schools, you have to spread the resources so thin that officers will not have enough time to do proper reports. When you have these schools that are not properly managed, the quality of education becomes so bad. You cannot compare the quality of education and teachers during our 8-4-4 days to public schools in the villages today. The quality of teachers we have today depends so much on how the schools are run. This is because we are focusing on the quantity instead of the quality. I suggest that as we cure this proposed Bill about the sub-county board, we should describe and elaborate on what a school is. We should have a few schools in our sub-counties, describe the amenities a school should have, and categorise them into either day or boarding schools, primary or secondary schools. This will enable the management to have schools built to last even as we create and enable this sub-county board to be in place. 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": "Schools built during the late President Moi's time and the colonial schools that are there today are the ones that we still depend on. Those are the schools that give quality education because of all the amenities provided within the same environment, providing children and the pupils with a whole wellness. As we look at the sub-counties and cascading down to the management of the schools, it is also good for us to plan and understand that it is important to have quality instead of quantity. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Farah Maalim, WDM",
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"content": "All of you will get a bite; do not worry. If you take about five minutes, you will allow other Members to contribute."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Basic Education Bill, which has been brought by Hon. Wamaua. Education is very important. If some of us did not get an education, we would not be where we are today. Therefore, we start by applauding our colleague for having researched and found the challenges we have encountered. As a Member of Parliament in a single constituency, Njoro in Nakuru County, we have had many challenges. The Amendment Bill that Hon. Mary has brought today is a confirmation that we are going to have proper education management. Decentralisation of decision-making will assist each one of us to improve education in our respective constituencies. I support the Bill brought by our colleague today because of the many challenges I have encountered. The registration of new schools is a big challenge in this country. Some large constituencies have students walking very long distances to school because of the challenge of registration of new schools. The composition of the team that the Hon. Member proposes will enable members of the Board to come up with quick decisions. There will also be local and grassroots solutions for the registration of schools. We want the Sub-County Board, when it is constituted, to consider people living with disabilities and gender. I support this Bill because it will make it easy to manage conflicts at the grassroots level that take a long time to resolve at the county level. This will enable students and teachers to be heard and supported at the local level. Therefore, it will ensure that there is great support for processes and structures on the ground which affect our schools. I also support the Bill because, most of the time, we have had many challenges when it comes to the distribution of resources. The composition of the Board at the county level will enable board members to sit and decide how money given by the government and, to some extent, money and grants from donors and people of goodwill will be used. The composition of the Board will improve fairness in the use of resources. With the composition of the Board at the sub-county, it will assist in quick movement of board members in constituencies who will determine what needs to be improved. In making decisions, there is a delay when it comes to infrastructure approvals and registration of new schools. Therefore, I support this Bill, having seen the challenges our parents and other stakeholders undergo concerning education. Therefore, I find the Basic Education (Amendment) Bill by Hon. Mary Wamaua to be a solution to our many problems in this country. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I thank you."
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"content": " Hon. Naisula Lesuuda, if you take two or three minutes, you will allow Hon. Gichimu to have a bite at it. I wish I had all the time. 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": "Hon. Mwalyo and Hon. Bensuda, I respect you both. Please take one or two minutes and allow your colleagues to have a bite."
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