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    "id": 1037797,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, in light of the fact that the House is proceeding for a long recess from today and further, given that Standing Order 44(2)(c) empowers the Speaker to either appoint a day for a response or direct that a statement on an issue raised be made on the same day, I wish to request your indulgence that you direct the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research to respond to the following issues during this Sitting, this afternoon: (a) Does the Committee support this proposed increase in university fees to our students effective January 2021 in the middle of the COVID pandemic? (b) Does the proposed increment have any budgetary implication with regard to capitation fees for university students, and if so, will such implication mean higher taxation being levied on Kenyans given that the increment was not factored in the 2020/2021 Budget? I know because I was the Chair at the time we were finalising the 2020/2021 Budget. Unless there is a Supplementary Budget that factors this. (c) The Chairperson to tell us whether given the short notice given to parents, has the Committee intervened with the National Treasury and the Ministry of Education to ensure that the Government fully shoulders the financial burden caused by this fee increment?"
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