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    "id": 128928,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/128928/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kaino",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 32,
        "legal_name": "Boaz Kipchumba Kaino",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have taken the point. Let me also contribute very briefly on this very important Motion. I thank the Mover of this very important Motion. Education is a very important tool in this country. If you visit different parts of the country, you will realise that the construction of buildings and roads and other jobs are being carried out by people who went to Kenya Polytechnic in Nairobi and Mombasa Polytechnic and obtained diplomas. These people are doing a fantastic job. If these people were given bursaries and loans to pursue higher education, many Kenyans could not be in the streets today. They could even be doing their jobs. So, this Motion is very important and I strongly support it. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also urge the Government to increase the allocation to the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB). If there is anything this country exports to other countries today is the idea of the HELB. The Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology and the HELB should be congratulated for the good job that is being done today. Many Kenyans are in school today with the establishment of the HELB. This is despite the fact that the allocation is too small. I urge the Government to increase the allocation it makes to the HELB. This is an idea that other African countries can emulate. We can also export this idea to those countries. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance said the other day that he will sell expensive Government cars. Apart from re-settling the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) this money could finance the HELB activities. If the Deputy Prime"
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