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    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion, which has come at a time when many students and pupils across the country are wondering whether they will benefit from the NG-CDF again. I thank Hon. Gichimu and Hon. Stephen Mule for co-sponsoring this Motion. One of the things we have neglected so much in this country is to put in a clear policy on how primary and secondary schools should be funded with Government support. We also thank the Government for standing firm and ensuring that it is within the NG-CDF that development trickles down to the constituencies. As I speak, we have students who are just about to sit for exams. We need classrooms for Grade Six pupils, who will be transiting to Junior Secondary School, and those who will be joining Form One. Some schools need dining halls at the moment. They are wondering what is going to happen. We are looking at a very serious situation. As a House, we need to very clear and firm on these issues. We might even have to adjourn the House one day to debate this matter in order for us to understand how our children in Grade Six and those joining Form One in January will be catered for in terms of classrooms and other infrastructure. Are we going to enable them to be retained in primary schools, where we still need these Funds? By December and January, we have to ensure that these Funds are operational on the ground. We have children who have been on bursaries, some of whom are in Form Fours. We are wondering whether they will be sitting their exams. Most of them have not cleared school fees balances. This Motion gives us an opportunity, as MPs, to scrutinise the NG-CDF, the NGAAF, the Senate Oversight Fund, and the Economic Stimulus Empowerment Fund. Myself having been nominated to the Senate, and as explained very clearly by Hon. Martha of Gilgil, it is no longer feasible for us to say that we will never be in this House of Parliament or the other. You can decide to move from this House, as a Woman Representative, and become Senator Governor. Therefore, you should want to see each House of Parliament being able to go back effectively, including undertaking oversight roles in the counties to ensure that the funds going to county governments are being used properly. I have been speaker of a county assembly. A Senator is one person who is so vulnerable. He might not even know what is happening in his or her county. One of the things he or she has never been able to do is 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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