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    "id": 1214084,
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    "speaker_name": "Emurua Dikirr, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Johana Kipyegon",
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    "content": "which we are making to those day secondary schools, and the introduction of junior secondary schools. We have seen that most of the principals are asking students to go to school with a lot of money. The reason for the free day secondary education is to make our children access education. There are so many parents who cannot pay for boarding schools or for the schools that are very far. That is the reason why we introduced the day secondary schools close to the primary schools, so that those parents who cannot afford to pay fees can send their children to those schools. Unfortunately, many schools are now introducing so many other activities, which include uniforms. I am requesting Members to ensure that we introduce the capitation so that we budget it in the provision of that amount that is being sent to every school. We should include uniform as part of that capitation. We should also include the school feeding programme because in my constituency, we are paying millions of monies that goes towards food, even for the students who come from around that school. Those are people who can go back home for lunch or those who can pack their lunch, even if they are coming from far. Schools have introduced it as a compulsory payment so that when you do not pay for food, you are sent home for three weeks. Why would you send students home for three weeks because of failure to pay for food? I think the principals should introduce what we call meal-cards. Most importantly we should, as a House, introduce a payment of the school feeding programmes so that the parents who cannot afford to pay fees can access that programme through the budgeting of the House. This should be applied to uniforms and this idea of remedial classes. I recently opted to ask principals of schools not to demand for fees for remedial classes; or send a student home because of failure to pay for remedial classes. Remedial classes should be optional. If a student can pay, allow them to stay in school. If they are not able to pay, let them not come for the extra classes, but come for the classes that the Government has paid for. You cannot send a student home because of failure to pay for remedial classes."
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