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    "id": 1095929,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emurua Dikirr, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kipyegon Ng’eno",
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. As you said, this is a very serious matter because it touches on the issue that is provided for in the Constitution, that it is the right of every citizen to education. The reason we are starting new schools is the introduction of free day secondary education. There are many parents who cannot afford to send their children to boarding schools, and to other schools which are very far away. We are starting these schools because they are closer to the students. Secondly, it is illogical to be told that we cannot register new schools yet there is also the introduction of 100 per cent transition from primary to secondary school. You want to achieve 100 per cent transition from primary to secondary school yet there are no schools. That is why we need to build new schools to allow for that 100 per cent transition. The third one is the question of new primary schools. Even as we speak, the population is rising. It is not decreasing. People are giving birth in our country and, therefore, the population is increasing every day. So, the reason we are starting new schools is to cater for the increase of population that will need classrooms and other stuff. So, I support the Member on that Question that the Ministry of Education should not suspend registration of new schools. In fact, building of classrooms is a prerogative of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). We are not asking the Ministry of Education to build for us even a single classroom. Employment of teachers is a prerogative of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). So, why is the Ministry so jittery about new schools yet they are not contributing anything? Hon. Deputy Speaker, I support. 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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