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    "id": 1092457,
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    "speaker_name": "Wajir East, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Rashid Kassim",
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        "legal_name": "Rashid Kassim Amin",
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    "content": "Thank you very much for giving us ample time. It is a fact that you also come from a rural area like where we come from. You know education is quite important in our regions. Thank you very much. Hon. Speaker, there are certain issues that need to be understood. These issues are very unique to us, particularly those of us who support education and feel that education is an equalizer in terms of improving the social standards of our people. In northern Kenya, we have been affected by a number of challenges in terms of education. The policy of 100 per cent transition from primary to secondary school has been implemented without commensurate support in terms of infrastructural development for schools. The situation now is such that we have schools with common classrooms that are getting between 50 and 60 students. This has been a challenge. We suggest that as the Government implements the 100 per cent transition policy, there should also be consummate support in terms of infrastructural development for schools so that every child can be able to access a classroom. The other challenges we have had is the issues of school feeding programme. Children in my constituency are from very poor backgrounds such that they cannot even afford a meal a day. As the Ministry of Education supports infrastructural development, it should also provide for the school feeding programme that has been there in the past. The late President Moi provided school children with milk alongside the school feeding programme. This would support and alleviate hunger. Those issues should be addressed alongside the infrastructure improvement programme in schools to attain 100 per cent transition. The school feeding programme is equally important in attaining 100 per cent transition as well. Yesterday, I had about five students in my office. Each of them could not get school fees to further studies. So, they decided to go and tender their livestock. I had to bring them back. I paid their fees to join national schools. These are some of the challenges that we have as Members of Parliament. Even when the NG-CDF funds are not available, we still go ahead with our charitable ways of helping them. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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