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• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. This report contains the deliberations and recommendations of the Mediation Committee on the Early Childhood Education Bill (Senate Bills No.26 of 2018). As a brief background, the Early Childhood Education Bill (Senate Bills No.26 of 2018) was published on 4th September, 2018. It was passed by the Senate with amendments on 22nd May, 2019. It was referred thereafter to the National Assembly for consideration. The National Assembly passed the Bill with amendments on 5th December, 2019. The Senate thereafter, considered the National Assembly amendments on 30th June, 2020 and negatived some of the amendments as ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: I will briefly go through some of the clauses that the Mediation Committee considered. The first one was Clause 27. There was a proposal that Clause 27 of the Bill be amended by deleting sub-clause (2) and substituting, therefor, the following new sub- clause. view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: “(2) A public education centre shall not be converted to a private education centre or to any other private status without consultation with the County Education Board and approval by the County Executive Committee (CEC) Member.” view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, at the first meeting which was held on 10th November, 2020, I was privileged to be elected the Chairperson of the Mediation Committee while Hon. Wambugu Ngunjiri, MP was elected the Vice-Chairperson. view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: The Committee thereafter commenced consideration of the proposed amendment. Due to the COVID-19 situation, we adopted virtual and physical meetings. The Committee concluded its considerations on the amendments and adopted the agreed version of the mediated version of the Bill on 8th December, 2020. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, having deliberated, the Mediation Committee agreed on the following new version. On the Senate Bill, initially the spirit of the Bill was to ensure that an Early Childhood Development (ECD) institution that is funded by tax payers‟ money should never, at any given time, be converted into a private education centre. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: After deliberations, the Mediation Committee resolved to adopt the National Assembly amendments, which seek to allow conversion of an ECEC from public to private status; but only after consultation with the County Education Board and the approval of the County Executive Committee Member. This amendment was accepted because it was the view of the Members of the Mediation Committee that it will align the Bill with the existing provisions of the Basic Education Act, especially Section 43(2) of the Basic Education Act No.14 of 2013. In summary, the Act provides that a public basic education institution shall not be converted ... view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: I must commend the Members of the Senate and the National Assembly for the way they conducted themselves during the mediation meetings. The spirit was of give and take. There were proposals of the National Assembly that were not acceptable to the Senate, that the National Assembly Members agreed with the position of the Senate that they be done away with. There were also proposals of the National Assembly that Members of the Mediation Committee were able to carry on board. view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I am happy to report that this is one of those success stories where a Mediation Committee appointed by Speakers of the two Houses has been able to agree within a very short period and brought a report to both Houses that carries a win-win kind of position. view
• 23 Feb 2021 in Senate: During considerations of the National Assembly amendments by the Senate on 30th June, 2020, the Senate had initially agreed with some of the proposals made by the National Assembly. Therefore, the Mediation Committee was obligated to concentrate on consideration of the proposed amendments, which the Senate did not concur with. view