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    "id": 1202344,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "First, I congratulate our teachers as they celebrate their day today. I also appreciate the Presidents’ will in terms of bringing in the taskforce. I request that we re-look at everything and ensure our children who go to public schools do not become guinea pigs to be used to test an education system in this country. As Kenya within East Africa, we should have an education system that is universal, where a child from Kenya can go to Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and have the same opportunity the way these other children have. But that does not mean that we scrap off completely the CBC because it brings back the intention of a parent taking part in the growth of the child. If I am asked my opinion, it will be that from nursery to Grade Three, we agree CBC has to be there. However, from Grade Four going up, we give our children the universal education that is there for them to enjoy the way every other Kenyan, Tanzanian and Ugandan are enjoying education. Hon. Deputy Speaker, on the national debt, I stand with the President. It is important to look at different proposals. We have natural resources. This House has to first look at the loans that we have taken. We might find ourselves with loans that we took but we have not started using, maybe because of the guidelines that were given. Those are loans we can agree, as a country, to return. We can also ask whether we have natural resources and whether there is a way the Government can tap into some of them. This is to ensure we are able to pay the national debt then start a new formula in Kenya to take care of ourselves and not rely on borrowing as we continue to do, and as we continue to support the President in looking for Ksh300 billion. But we must remember that we have Kenyans who are looking upon us, whom we have their pending bills: monies that they used and monies that they took from banks. We have also to ask ourselves how we will ensure these Kenyans are paid their resources and are able to pay the banks they got loans from. We need to ask ourselves, as a House, how we are going to assist Kenyans who come from the airport. When one arrives at the airport, you get the taxman waiting for you. If you are carrying one laptop, the taxman tells you that it is above U$500 and, therefore, you must pay tax. Those are some of the barriers that have made Kenyans go below. We must come up with a solution. If a Kenyan is coming back to his or her country and is carrying his or her goods, and they are not for sale, they should pass through the airport and even get that hospitality of being welcomed back home. Kenyans travelling from Europe are required to remove everything from their boxes when they arrive at the airport to check if they are carrying new stuff. This House has an opportunity to reverse some of the barriers that were erected by the previous administration. It will help many Kenyans who have gone out of the country, especially students and all those who come back to this country. Health is for all of us, and we know very well that NHIF is going to support many of our families and those who are unable to afford. I know that every Hon. Member here has a patient in Kenyatta National Hospital, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital and everywhere; each of them requesting for assistance to clear a bill. In Nairobi, we are even more vulnerable because every time we have different burials and funerals. These are our people and we must look for solutions on how to ensure that families are able to afford."
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