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    "id": 128914,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion. I want to say from the outset that the Government’s policy on education is wrong. Education is a basic right and the policy should aim at making education accessible and affordable to all. Even though we have a free primary education policy - and now secondary education is being subsidized - we have not seen a spirited effort by the Government to streamline even the issue of accessibility for secondary schools, where fees charged in spite of the Government directive, end up being beyond the reach of the ordinary person. On university education, Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) currently funds only university students. Even that funding is totally inadequate. There are three components that must be funded so that students can undertake their studies and give equal access to both poor and rich families. Those components are tuition, accommodation and meals. The loans given must cover the three. But the way the accommodation and meals are currently structured, even where accommodation is available in public universities, the loans given are not adequate to cover the three. The universities halls of residence have been turned into slums. The students are sub-letting the halls and are cooking in there. Life is pretty difficult for students from poor families who are struggling on a daily basis to get a meal on the table and to complete paying fees."
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