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    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Petition. I want to bring to the attention of the House that the funding gap exists due to the decision of this House. Out of Ksh630 billion, secondary school education is allocated around Ksh60 billion. It should have more than Ksh80 billion. We have a funding gap of Ksh22 billion every year. I ask this House to let us ensure the amount of money is put into the budget in the next budget cycle. The Leader of the Majority Party has made it very clear that we have various sources of funding in this country. We discussed with some experts the other day that there is a lot of money outs there with the local banks, NG-CDF, county governments and other institutions, amounting to over Ksh30 billion. If trimmed off well, it can do an excellent job of funding education. There is an issue of birth certificates. I want to address the Ministry of Interior and National Administration. It has become a serious problem in schools. The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Interior and National Administration need to work together to digitise and know the number of students. Every student needs to have a number so that we can avoid fraud. As Hon. K.J. has said, we need a clear school digital system to fund every child. We have registers in schools. The Public Petitions Committee and Departmental Committee on Education will have an input in this Petition to solve this issue. It should not give principals an excuse to raise school fees. These are challenging economic times. We need to lessen the burden that we are giving to the parents of this country. Let the Government pay the capitation. The principals should not raise school fees at this particular time. We need to streamline the process to ensure that our money reaches schools on time. Lastly, the budget cycle and school calendar start at different times. We need to sit down and align them so that disbursement is in tandem with what is happening. I thank you. I support the Petition."
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