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    "id": 1104035,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisumu West, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Olago Aluoch",
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        "legal_name": "John Olago Aluoch",
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    "content": "Pursuant to Standing Order No.44 (2) (c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security regarding the intention of the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government to request the Department of Correctional Services to identify and set aside specific acreage of land for the creation of the proposed Kotetne Secondary School. Sometime in 2011, the then Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs, Hon. Kalonzo Musyoka, after consulting with his then Permanent Secretary and myself, confirmed in writing that, that land would be set aside from Kodiaga GK Prison for creation of the much needed secondary school for boys and girls. Thereafter, despite several efforts by the community living around Kodiaga GK Prison, the Ministry has not been able to indicate the acreage and the specific siting of the land that has been set aside for the school. Since then, the number of pupils that needed access to public secondary schooling has increased enormously. The Government policy on 100 per cent transition from primary to secondary school has put even more pressure on the few secondary schools in that area. It is now time for the Ministry to identify an appropriate acreage of Kodiaga GK Prison land that lies adjacent to Kotetne Primary School so that the community may realise the dream of starting a secondary school there. It is against this background that I seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security to address the following issues: (i) Could the Chairperson confirm whether a decision had, indeed, been made around 2011 to excise part of Kodiaga GK Prison land for creation of a secondary school for the community? (ii) Is the Chairperson aware that creation of such a school would ease the pressure on secondary school admissions in the surrounding area, and would also have a place for pupils in Kodiaga GK Prison Primary, Kotetne Primary School and other primary schools in the vicinity? (iii) Is the Chairperson aware that the proposed secondary school would offer places not just for children of the staff of Kodiaga GK Prison but also of members of the surrounding community, and would translate into corporate social responsibility by the Department of Correctional Services and thereby improve the relations between the Department and the local community? Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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