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    "id": 1245322,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1245322/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mbugua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mary Njoki G Mbugua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order 53(1) to seek a statement from the Standing Committee on Education regarding the status of funding for special needs schools across all counties. In the statement, the Committee should- (1) Confirm whether the Government has increased the capitation to learners in special needs schools by 50 per cent and ringfenced the 15 per cent of all public funded bursaries to pupils with disability, as it had undertaken in its bottom-up economic transformation plan of 2020 to 2027. (2) State steps to address Staffing in Education Assessment and Resource Centre (EARC), considering that special officers have retired and have not been replaced, particularly in Nairobi County where only three EARC officers serve 17 sub-counties. (3) Address the discrepancy in infrastructure between regular and special needs primary and secondary school, stating the budgetary allocation for all special needs schools in the Financial Year 2023/2024. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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