The National Assembly Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi on Sunday poked holes into the government's management of Junior Secondary Schools (JSS).
The lawmaker claimed that confusion reigns high in the education sector and children in JSS are being given a raw deal due to poor government policies.
"Which is the correct government policy? There is this thing called JSS; the minister is saying that children can just go to school with the uniforms they had in primary schools," Wandayi said.
In a recent circular, Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu advised teachers not to send back pupils transiting from Grade Six to Seven on the basis of lacking the requisite uniform.
Wandayi was speaking in Siaya town on Sunday, during the annual diocesan thanksgiving service of Maseno West.
The Ugunja MP noted that the casual management of education in JSS is an indication of a government that does not know what it is doing.
Wandayi alleged that only a few teachers have been contracted to deliver on the JSS curriculum, saying the quality of teaching has been compromised.
A number of teachers currently entrusted to deliver on the JSS curriculum have since renewed their internship contracts for the second year, running.
Some of the interns have since refused to renew their contracts, demanding engagement as Permanent and Pensionable employees.
Wandayi put government on notice saying that it is wrong to entrust the children in the hands of frustrated teachers .
"There are no enough teachers in JSS and even those who are there have been engaged on contract terms. No pension and no guarantee of renewing it yet you want to entrust the future of our children in these teachers!" He said.
In the meantime, Wandayi asked parents not to strain too much taking their Form One students in far flung schools, saying even local day schools can produce quality grades.
Wandayi asked the community to consider coming together to find a way of uplifting the other local schools that have not been recording impressive performances.
Alego Usonga MP Samuel Atandi asked the Anglican Church to pray for the country and remain outspoken against President William Ruto's remarks on the Judiciary.
"Please, don't let the government go astray. The Head of State is saying that he will not obey court orders, meaning that there will be anarchy and therefore lack of peace," Atandi said.
"Speak against it so that the country can be governed by the rule if law."
