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    "id": 1221076,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheptumo",
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        "legal_name": "Cheptumo William Kipkiror",
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    "content": "I support that counties should support the education sector, though that sector is not devolved. It is true that security is not devolved to the county governments. However, just like education, security is a problem that affects the citizens of that county. When we have a county government ready to support the national Government in advancing security matters, that is welcome. Mr. Speaker, Sir, for example, in Baringo and other areas, we have the National Police Reservists (NPR). Those are young people employed in those counties to help the police in security matters. The county governments provide some stipend, like Kshs5,000 or Kshs10,000, in addition to what the national Government is giving. I agree with Sen. Cherarkey’s Statement and say that counties should be clear to the parents of those students on scholarship. However, there is a bigger problem on these matters of scholarship. Most of friendly countries like Japan, Britain and other countries give a lot of scholarships to our country. There should be an affirmative action for those programmes. Mr. Speaker, Sir, those officials in the Ministry of Education tend to allocate those positions to members of their counties. There should be a policy. If there are 10 or 20 scholarship programmes from Britain for example, they should be spread across the counties we have. If we have another country giving scholarships, the same rule should apply. There is need to look at the entire aspect of scholarships in our country, not only with regard to counties, but even in the Ministry of Education, so that we have fairness for all the country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support the Statement."
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