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    "id": 1276584,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1276584/?format=api",
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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. I take this opportunity to launch an official complain. Normally, I like seating here and this microphone has not been working for two weeks. So, I have shifted my seating position. The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Department can check on that. I want to thank you for recognising the schools that are here. Among them is a very young school called “ACK Mukangu Secondary School in my constituency, Manyatta Constituency. It has a lot of potential and budding to be a leader in education. However, it is a day school in our constituency, in our county and in our country. I am happy we are debating a Motion on the implementation of a child care programme for children whose parents are under lawful custody. Let us not forget that many schools, especially day schools that serve our young people have a problem of school fees that we solve through the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) as Members of Parliament. In my constituency, I made history by giving Ksh53 million in bursaries. It is the highest that can be given to our schools to ensure they all benefit. I saw a very good act by the Director of Mt. Kenya University last week when they were conducting their graduation ceremony. He waived all the pending school fees for students who had cleared university and had not picked their graduation certificates. I call upon all the principals in day secondary schools and those in charge of public universities to waive school fees of those…"
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