Dr. Christopher Andrew Langat

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• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I beg to move that the County Early Childhood Education Bill (Senate Bills No. 26 of 2018) be now read a second time. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: The relevant Articles of the Constitution in support of the enactment of this Bill include the following- Article 6 (3) of the Constitution which deals with devolution and access to the services of the State which very clearly states as follows- “A national State organ shall ensure reasonable access to its services in all parts of the Republic, so far as it is appropriate to do so having regard to the nature of the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: service.” view
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, another Article in support of this is Article 174(c), (f), (g) and (h) of the Constitution which deals with the objects of devolution. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: Article 186 of the Constitution deals with functions and powers of the national and county governments. Article 186(1) of the Constitution provides that- “Except as otherwise provided by this Constitution, the functions and powers of the national Government and the county governments, respectively, are as set out in the Fourth Schedule.” Article 186(4), further provides that- “For greater certainty, Parliament may legislate for the Republic on any matter.” Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to state that this particular Bill is very important and as far as the current situation is concerned, the position is as follows- Currently, there is no ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: put in place the necessary strategies, plans, structures and mechanisms that will ensure that the right to early childhood is education is achieved. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Bill also provides for the manner in which early childhood education centres shall be established and the process of registration of such centres. Currently, such particular process of registration and monitoring does not exist. This Bill imposes a number of requirements for registration. Currently, anybody can start an early childhood center anywhere. There is no proper structure or framework that can guide the registration and establishment of these particular important centres for the ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I have just summarized my contribution, otherwise the importance of this Bill cannot be underestimated. In fact, our counties are currently running different programmes. Teachers in ECDE centres have got different names; some counties call them ‘care takers’ while others call them different names. Therefore, this Bill will provide a framework for the employment, remuneration and professional development of teachers in early childhood education. This includes a structure of how they will be remunerated, professionally developed and even promoted. Therefore, this Bill had gone to a higher level, but it was overtaken by events during the elections. ... view
• 25 Nov 2018 in Senate: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to also support this Motion and to appreciate Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve for her passion in issues to do with PWDs. May I begin by creating awareness on what a language is, since I also come from the field of linguistics. The current definition of a language is that, “it is a system of arbitrary vocal and symbols of communication.” Therefore, for a language to be complete, in its own definition, it must include the vocal part of it. The alternative is the use of symbols for communication. Therefore, ... view
• 25 Nov 2018 in Senate: A scientific manual has been developed already. A group of professors in language communication met in 1971 and developed a system and a manual that can be used. This was a great pointer towards the scientific discovery that English language in form of its systems and signs can be used as a means of instruction for people with hearing impairment. Another scientific support on this was also reached through the research by another professor of sign language by the name Mcdonald or something like that and the greatest support in our country was reached when its full system was developed ... view
• 25 Nov 2018 in Senate: English language as a means of communication facilitates global business and commerce. Denying them this important opportunity is denying them the opportunities to engage in global business and commerce in the future. English is also a means of expression or language is a means that can be used by human beings to express their feelings. People with hearing impairment have a lot of challenges because very few people understand their feelings and expressions in terms of their attitudes and needs. Therefore, to expand by teaching them using SEE is giving them more opportunities that they will use outside to express ... view