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    "id": 1194392,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Yatta, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Robert Ngui",
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    "content": " I thank the co-sponsors of this proposal, Hon. Mule and Hon. Gichimu. Well done. Anyone who tries to wish away the NG-CDF is blind to reality. As I speak, many students are at home for lack of school fees. This is crippling learning and making students miss examinations. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 is about quality education. Without bursaries, you do not expect the country to realise quality education. The same applies to the right to education. The NG-CDF is very critical to education. It has ensured full transition of students from primary to secondary school and tertiary institutions. We need to urge the Government to release money for bursaries. Needy and poor students are being marginalised, which is not what we expect in any democratic State. Children of the rich are in school, but children of the poor are at home. Their parents are struggling to raise money not only for school fees, but also for food. I fully support this legislative proposal. This is the right time to entrench the NG-CDF in the Constitution. I want to make a few recommendations to the drafters of the Bill. One is broadening the scope of the NG-CDF to include very important facets and aspects of the economy, including agriculture, water, electricity as well as school feeding programmes to ensure that our communities develop well. Two, the drafters should increase the allocation from 2.5 per cent to about 10 per cent. The current NG-CDF allocation is too little to do meaningful work based on what we intend to achieve. 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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