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    "id": 1214875,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisumu West, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Rozaah Buyu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I would also like to thank Hon. Peter Kaluma for making it possible for us to discuss this very important issue in the House this afternoon. For the record, I am a trained teacher. My TSC Number is 240156. I am speaking with the authority of a trained teacher. One of my colleagues has already said that the train has indeed left the station. However, it does not mean that we cannot look at things that might still be wrong with that train before it finally gets an accident. This could have been a noble idea but I think it was rushed. The challenges that are coming out now should have been given more time to ensure that the CBC is implemented more effectively. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am going to zero in on junior secondary school. I am going to talk about parents. With these difficult economic times, parents have had another burden increased on their backs. For instance, if a parent has a Grade Six child transiting to junior secondary and at the same time he has a child who sat for Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) last year and has to go to Form One, the burden of that parent becomes heavier. This is because such parent has to buy new school uniform for the junior secondary school child, who would otherwise use the same uniform if he were to go to Standard Seven. We also know that if a child is not transiting to junior secondary school, he is required to pay money or buy and carry a locker to school. A locker costs a parent at least Ksh4,500. We all know that most parents depend on the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) bursary to pay for the education of their children. It is unfair to load a burden of Ksh4,500 on a parent for purchase of a locker and another Ksh15,000 for purchase of uniform items for junior secondary school yet the same parent has to cater for uniform and other requirements for children who are going to Form One. I think that is being unkind. The 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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