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    "id": 1278869,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mbeere North, DP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ruku GK",
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    "content": "Internet connectivity in the rural areas has been a challenge rendering technology unavailable to many students in the rural areas and remote parts of our country. I am sure in many constituencies in the Republic of Kenya, Mbeere North included, there are many villages where internet connectivity is a problem. Also, the very vulnerable students and their parents do not have computers and there are no cybercafes or phones that can be used to access internet because they use kabambe phones. How to make applications through a platform provided for by the Ministry of Education is a problem in the very remote areas of our country. Hon. Speaker, cognisant of these challenges, it is apparent that this model will fuel a lot of corruption as parents and students strive to navigate through the needs testing processes. Further, with the risk of unnecessary delays in accessing education, it will perpetuate a violation of constitutional provisions on the Bills of Rights, specifically Article 43 (1)(f) of the Constitution. Hon. Temporary Speaker, while the new model incorporates a diverse breadth of grants, loans and household contributions that closely align with specific needs and circumstances of individual students, there is an urgent need to ensure that it is properly implemented, with proper measures put in place by the Ministry of Education. This is in full realisation of the fact that the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) 2022 candidates are set to join colleges and universities in early September 2023. Their rights should not be violated in any way. Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is against this background, and pursuant to Standing Order 33(1), that I seek leave for the adjournment of the House to pave way for Members to discuss this definite matter of urgent national importance regarding the new University and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutions Funding Model. I urge the House to support this Motion, which is calling out on the Ministry of Education to address a potential problem before it unfolds and hurts this country by killing an entire generation. It is also important to request the Cabinet Secretary for Education to avail himself to this House to clearly explain how students in very remote areas, whose parents cannot access the internet or smartphones, and students who have not attained the age of 18, will be covered through this Model. With those remarks, I beg to move."
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