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    "id": 128885,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Pesa",
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        "legal_name": "John Dache Pesa",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me time to support this important Motion. Education in this country is a pillar to the development of this country. The idea of HELB was actually implemented way back in the year 1975/76 Academic Year in our universities in Kenya. At that time, there was need to ensure that education was funded not only by the parents, but by other agencies like the Government and other supporters. In that respect the Government decided that they form this board which has supported a lot of students in this country. We have the 8-4-4 System of Education. If the HELB had not been in existence, one wonders how these students would have completed their studies at the university level. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, apart from university studies, we have majority of our students in the middle-level colleges. I think the Mover must have left out something which I want to bring an amendment to, so that we encompass the entire segment of the middle-level colleges. There are these Medical Training Colleges and teacher training colleges. The way this statement is put here, these are not covered. Therefore, I would like to move an amendment to this Motion so that in those areas which are very important, where the majority of our students do not qualify to go to the universities, they are assisted. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Motion be amended by deleting the words “especially those offering technician certificates” in the last line and insert in place thereof the words “offering diplomas and certificates”. That leaves out the diploma colleges that I am talking about. In that respect, we would, therefore, have this Motion to read as follows: THAT, acknowledging the good work performed by the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) in providing loans to students in both public and private universities from poor background in order to access education; noting that higher education financing is a problem in most countries, including the industrialized; appreciating that middle level technicians are key to industrial development; this House urges the Government to enhance funding to HELB and further to widen the scope of its funding to include middle level colleges offering diplomas and certificates. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that amendment."
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