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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "formation. All said and done, we enjoy camaraderie in this House. I appeal to Kenyans not to fight for the sake of politicians. By the time you are dead and buried, you will be forgotten. By the time you are locked in cell for committing pollical violence, you will be forgotten. The same politicians will be popping champagne, engaging, talking and telling themselves how that was a gruesome competition. I appeal to my colleagues to be agents of peace. Let us move around encouraging our people to maintain peace. I know we are living at a time when there is a high cost of living. The cost of bread, milk and cooking oil has gone up. Today, when you go to supermarket, they have increased security features of our cooking oil. This is because the prices have shot up astronomically. It points to a clear issue that most of our people cannot afford to put a meal on the table. Especially for us men, this is an issue that will come up in the next Men’s Conference. As the head of the family, if a man cannot provide for his house, one no longer has dignity and respect as a man. Most father figures in our families are struggling. That also includes women. There are many people who are working in mjengos; they are ‘hustling.’ We say that every hustle matters. The cost of living including cost of fuel also continues to rise. Fares will continue skyrocketing. We saw challenges when Form Ones were reporting. My colleagues will attest that most parents were unable to take their children to report to Form One. Some of them were paying commitment fees. We have heard the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Education saying that the principals must admit the children to join Form One. That is contrary to what is happening on the ground. I have a number of children from Nandi County who were called to good schools, but due to lack of school fees, they cannot be admitted to Form One. I appeal to the Ministry of Education to intervene. There is a case of a student who wanted to pay school fees using cockerel. There was another student who went to school with an empty box. Thanks to well-wishers, he was able to be admitted. We have a number of such cases. All of us, as leaders, when we wake up in our houses, always get parents who cannot afford school fees. I appeal to the Senate Committee on Education, the Ministry of Education and county governments to intervene. In my county, bursary was last issued in 2019. Up to date, there is no bursary that has been issued in the County of Nandi to ensure that our children continue with their secondary and higher education. Nandi County has not released bursaries even for those joining Form One. I appeal to Governors, including those of Kakamega and Bungoma to release bursaries. We should not allow our people to beg for handouts because of county governments not releasing bursaries. It is so sad. The National Government - Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) and many others agencies are releasing bursaries."
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