10 Mar 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, among the stakeholders that are very key to this Motion is the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD). It is important for Sen. Halake to bring in KICD as curriculum developers because they will do evaluation of the material that go to the ground.
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10 Mar 2022 in Senate:
There is also need to bring in universities and colleges to deliberately have a unit or two on climate change. Let that unit be there as a prerequisite unit just like Communication Skills is a prerequisite in most colleges. If this happens, it means that everyone getting out of colleges and universities, goes back to the society with that knowledge. Graduates will then impact society.
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10 Mar 2022 in Senate:
Sen. Halake is bring in the Council of Governors (CoG), which is good. However, constitutionally, CoG is mandated with ensuring ECD functions. The Ministry of Education comes in when it comes to primary and secondary schools and colleges. If we implement climate education at primary and high school level, the learners will be strong enough to---
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10 Mar 2022 in Senate:
They will not be involved in cases that cause soil erosion. They will also know that there are measures that they can put in place to ensure that climate change does not adversely affect the society.
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10 Mar 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, climate change poses a lot of difficulties even to the farmers. We find that sometimes, farmers are not aware of climate change because it happens abruptly. For example, when they are waiting for a rainy season in order to plant, they realise that the rain is not forthcoming. Therefore, it causes a delay in planting and harvesting and that affects food security. As a nation, we are talking about food security. That is why this information needs to be inculcated to learners, farmers and everyone else in good time, so that they can know how to ...
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10 Mar 2022 in Senate:
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10 Mar 2022 in Senate:
maize, will help them get the other foods. Therefore, food security is very important and it should not be compromised. Sometimes, when farmers are not aware of climate change, they can find themselves in a very precarious situation where they are not able to produce food for themselves and the family even for a year. A research has been done that clearly shows that production of maize will go down by 24 per cent by the year 2050. There is, therefore, need to educate learners from an early age on how to improve food security and the cautionary measures to ...
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10 Mar 2022 in Senate:
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10 Mar 2022 in Senate:
If it starts from there, then it will do well. If it is just in Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) or in the school curriculum, it will not be successful. However, teaching pedagogical issues should be carried out by universities and taken with the seriousness they deserve. What Sen. Halake is bringing here is a pedagogical issue with regards to climate change. I second.
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10 Mar 2022 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I have a point of order regarding what the Senator for Murang’a is saying. However, I have a lot of respect for Sen. Kang’ata. Is it in order for him to make statements that are truly not genuine on the Floor of this House? We have seen many times many families being afflicted by floods and people
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