18 Feb 2021 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I urge my sister, Sen. (Dr.) Milgo, that she needs to relook at how she can intertwine between infrastructure and also ensuring that we have a motivated human resource. When you go to every county, all the ECDE teachers are either complaining that they have not been paid their money, they are being paid through petty cash; they do not get the benefits, where they get the statutory deductions, and money that equates their work. You can imagine the work that ECDE teachers do. They ensure that they provide a safe learning environment. Basically, they are babysitting ...
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18 Feb 2021 in Senate:
are designing a classroom meant for ECDE, it should not be the same design as a classroom for basic education, primary education or TIVET. The way you design a TIVET classroom and an ECDE classroom, there must be a distinction. Most of our governors do not understand this. It is more of also psychological support of the child when they are learning in a specific environment. Fourthly, I agree with my colleagues. What happens when we have come up with resolutions? It is good that the Senate Minority Leader is here. There are many reports that this House has resolved ...
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18 Feb 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Since these are the Standing Orders, I think we need to do a follow up. I lost touch with such since I left the leadership of the Committee. I stand guided, as you have directed. As the Senate, we have collective responsibility. Now that we have the Committee on Education and the Mover of this Motion is Sen. (Dr.) Milgo, then they will assist us.
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18 Feb 2021 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, this is the right way to go, and I fully support. Out of the adoption of this Motion, if there are some resolutions within the KICD or the Basic Education Act, I challenge the Mover of the Motion to ensure that they translate this into an amendment of the law, so that we can give more weight or legislate apart of developing the policy direction within the Ministry of Education. I hope that the Council of Governors (CoG), in partnership with the Ministry of Education, will be able to guide this process.
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18 Feb 2021 in Senate:
Finally, I challenge Members of County Assemblies (MCAs), even as they do other things --- I think this should be shared with the 47 county assemblies, through the Committee on Education. If they can come up with a standardized form of infrastructure and issues of human resources, then our ECDE teachers and centers can become child- friendly. We can ensure that we do not violate Article 53 of the Constitution.
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18 Feb 2021 in Senate:
I thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker.
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17 Feb 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Since I was not here yesterday, I pass my condolences to the family and friends of our colleague, Sen. Haji, and wish them well during this mourning period. Secondly, I support the Petition by Sen
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17 Feb 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I support the Statement by Sen. Prengei. I think the security sector in this country should be more innovative and effective. I did not know that our security sector could sink too low to criminalizing planting of a staple food crop.
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17 Feb 2021 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, where I come from, we rely on maize as food and also as business. It is so sad that the persons in the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, the Inspector General (IG) of Police and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) thought of all other mechanisms until they decided to bring a nursery-like idea of banning maize growing in that region. It is so sad.
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