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"content": "THAT AWARE THAT, Pursuant to Article 53 of the Constitution, every child in Kenya is entitled to free and compulsory basic education, and the Basic Education Act provides that, basic education should be guided by principles such as equitable access to all youth and equal access to education or institutions; FURTHER AWARE THAT, many students in secondary schools and higher education institutions come from financially disadvantaged backgrounds, making it difficult for them to afford school fees and access education opportunities; NOTING THAT, over the years, various interventions have been made, including the issuance of bursaries through the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NCDF), National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF), the Ministry of Education and county governments through various county bursary funds; CONCERNED THAT, despite these efforts, schools’ fees remain unaffordable for many parents and the allocation of bursaries has been plagued by nepotism, favouritism, and political manipulation, lack of transparency and accountability; FURTHER CONCERNED THAT public learning institutions are primarily funded by the Government through the Ministry of Education, and in the financial year 2024/25, approximately Kshs656 billion was allocated to the education sector, making it difficult to ascertain the specific funds granted to each student and that the lack of transparency in the disbursement of bursaries from various agencies makes it difficult to determine the total amount allocated in a financial year, thus hindering efforts to ensure equitable access to education for financially disadvantaged students; NOW THEREFORE, the Senate urges the Ministry of Education, to- (1) audit the funds allocated to bursaries by both the National Government and county governments; (2) consolidate the funds distributed by various government entities and agencies, with the aim of directing these funds directly to schools as supplementary capitation to facilitate the achievement of free secondary education; and (3) calculate the cost of education per learner and make this information public for primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "including a detailed breakdown of the annual financial requirements for each student across the country."
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"content": "(Sen. Thang’wa on 31.10.2024)"
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"content": " Hon. Senators, this is resumption of the debate that was interrupted on Thursday, 31st October, 2024. Sen. (Dr.) Boni Khalwale had 13 minutes remaining to conclude his contribution to the Motion. Sen. (Dr.) Boni Khalwale, if you still have additional comments on this Motion, please, conclude within 13 minutes, which is the time you had remaining."
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, before we went on recess, I was contributing to this Motion. I had not anticipated that it would come this afternoon. So, I had not recollected my thoughts, but this is an important point. Over and above what I said before we went on recess, this issue of bursaries is promoting corruption not by the Members of Parliament (MPs) who control or governors, but people working at the bursary offices. Corruption is done to this extent. Our women who are mothers of our children at school and old men are forced to queue in the name of collecting forms that will enable them to access bursaries. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, after waiting for a very long time a list then appears at the Constituency Bursary Office and when the old man or mama goes there, the name of their child is not there. They do not understand why their children are not benefiting. When you follow it in some of the offices, the administrators of that bursary fund ask for a consideration before people benefit from this public resource. It is for this reason that many people are agreed that the billions of shillings held in the accounts of National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) as bursaries, in the Presidential Bursary Fund, in the Governor's Bursary Fund and all the other funds that support children, including Equity Bank, Wings to Fly and whatever view, should just be surrendered to the National Treasury and we make education free and accessible by all children. Like many Kenyans who had to walk the steep hill to have their education financed, the first time I had peace of mind at school was when I went to the University of Nairobi and found that university education was free. The moment that happened, I quickly forgot the pain I used to go through whenever I would be sent out of class so as to go home to look for school fees, which was not there. My home to my school, Kakamega High School, is exactly 15 kilometres. When I used to be asked to go home and come back with school fees at Kakamega High School, I would do the 15 kilometres on foot. I would get home, wait for two, three days and walk back of course, without school fees. I would pretend and dodge in school until another wave of sending children home comes and I go back. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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