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    "id": 1194338,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emurua Dikirr, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Johana Kipyegon",
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    "content": "Looking at the number of primary schools, they grew from 54 to 128 as we speak. I think you must have seen the other day the Deputy County Commissioner (DCC) trying to close a girl’s school which I opened in an area where they could not access education. I think it is because of jealousy and thinking we are wasting this money. Look at the way people are utilising this money. Students get bursaries especially, those who would have failed to continued with their studies because they could not pay for secondary school education. Therefore, with the introduction of the day secondary schools which are built using NG-CDF money, we make so many students access education. Then, somebody wants to stop it. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we have done so many projects. I have built a Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) in my constituency. I initiated it and NG-CDF helped me to built it. Right now, I have over 400 students studying in that college. You can imagine we have county governments which have handled over Kshs130 billion in 10 years and have never built a KMTC. I asked the NG-CDF board to allow us utilise that money to build a KMTC. We have a fully functional KMTC in my constituency. The only one in the whole of Narok County, courtesy of NG-CDF. Then, somebody tells us it does not function. I think the great people who created this Fund were very wise. Even those of us who might be exiting this House in some years to come, we have a future. The person who introduced NG-CDF in this House is no longer a Member of Parliament. He did something for posterity. Most of us should celebrate him, including our school-going children courtesy of NG-CDF. Equally, the gentlemen who brought this proposal will be celebrated. We will help them pass the Bill so that future generations of this country will feel the importance of paying taxes and accessing the money. The most important part of NG-CDF is bursaries. Initially, people used to farm, harvest and sell. They kept donkeys and cows and when they were fat enough, they would sell them and pay fees. Nowadays, when you go to the villages, you see only one person owning a donkey. When schools are opening, what do they pay fees with? Go to Kajiado, Narok and Garissa, cows have died in large numbers. How will those parents pay fees? Right now, almost all the schools are empty because teachers have chased away students for failure to pay fees. They are waiting for this House to send the bursaries to pay fees. 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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