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    "speaker_name": "Busia CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Florence Mutua",
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        "legal_name": "Florence Mwikali Mutua",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me take this opportunity to thank Hon. Keter for that very key Statement. I have listened to and noted all the views by the Members. Currently, infrastructure is a big problem when it comes to the education sector, especially with the new 100 per cent transition which we appreciate very much because it has ensured that we do not leave any child behind. The new competency-based curriculum (CBC) ensures that we also need many new classrooms. We need a lot of infrastructure support from the Government. Let me take this opportunity to thank His Excellency the President Uhuru Kenyatta for his recent visit to London to attend the Global Education Summit, which was a very key educational meeting to ensure that we increase financing for quality education. I am sure he came back with many goodies and he will inform the country at some point. Hon. Speaker, as we all know, the Ministry receives a lot of money for infrastructure. This year, we received Kshs1.6 billion for infrastructure for primary schools and Kshs2.7 billion for secondary schools. Out of this, Kshs1.9 billion will be for desks. Let me quickly talk about what the Member has raised about capitation. Capitation has been going on for a while. It is high time that the Government also reviewed the capitation because it started a very long time ago and many things have changed. Life has become more expensive. It is imperative that the capitation is also increased to cater for all that is needed in the sector. We all know that education is the only equaliser we have in the country and in the world. It must be fully supported. As a Committee there was a time we had discussed involving the local Members of Parliament in the issue of funding. As has been raised by Members of Parliament, the criterion that is used to identify schools that need funding in those constituencies has never been clear to them. That is what is coming out. The Ministry needs to give us a clear criterion of how they identify the schools that need support in the various constituencies without involving the Member of Parliament of that area. That denies the Member the ownership of whatever is brought by the Ministry. Therefore, it is important moving forward. I hope that the answer will cater for that. The Ministry should actually work with the Members of Parliament to ensure that if there is any support going to his or her area, they are involved and the MP can confirm that that is the school that needs more funding than the one that the Ministry may want to support. Hon. Speaker, you will remember that there was a time Hon. Duale brought a Question similar to what Hon. Keter has brought. It was a very detailed and well-responded to Question with all the schools that were supported during that time. I remember I even requested the Members to pick the report and just confirm that what was there was true and that those schools were actually the ones that were supported. I can confirm that no Member has ever told me that the schools in that report were not the ones supported. It is important to look at that report and confirm that those schools are actually the ones that were supported during that time. Hon. Speaker, I also want to applaud the Members of Parliament for the good job they have done to ensure that we have infrastructure. They have done very well. They have put up the necessary classrooms. It is obvious that they will need more support through the NG-CDF or whatever channel they use to get more support to ensure that they have the necessary infrastructure. I want to briefly talk about the SEQI Project. It is funded by the World Bank. It was to kick off last year in March. It was tendered and the entire procurement process was done. It was supposed to have started taking care of the infrastructure we are talking about because it was 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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