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    "id": 1217969,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Manyatta, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gitonga Mukunji",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Thank you, Hon. Wamuchomba, for the two minutes. This country is currently experiencing a lot of economic downturn. There are unwritten fees that are coming from our day secondary schools in the name of school uniforms. It has become a challenge because while the Government subsidises school fees, school uniforms are left to the principals of those schools and maybe the Board of Management (BoM) to decide. It has become a challenge. On the day before yesterday, I was looking at one school’s fees structure, which was requesting parents for Ksh30,000 for school uniforms. I feel that this Motion will set things straight by standardising the uniforms that are required for secondary school students. Our textile industry will benefit a lot if we tap into what they are doing and ensure that we get standardised uniforms. We can talk of a blue uniform, which should be accepted in those schools regardless of where a parent gets it. In that way, we will avoid principals of schools and members of the BoM engaging in business, for the sake of our education system. The right to education should not be determined by the uniform that students wear…"
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