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    "id": 1340571,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gatanga, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wakili Muriu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to move this Motion before the House. Before I move, allow me to correct Hon. Kaluma, who is very proud of you, because you taught him at the University of Nairobi. Let him know that we schooled together at the University of Nairobi, so, when talking about his teachers, he should also recognise me as one of them. Thank you. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, aware that Article 43(1)(f) of the Constitution as read together with Article 53(1)(b) entitles every child to free quality and compulsory basic education; cognisant of the fact that, access to funding for education immensely contributes to the realisation of universal access to basic education in the country; appreciating that, Section 48 of the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) Act, 2015 establishes education bursary schemes for every constituency towards access to basic education; noting that Section 48A of the NG-CDF Act further allows for affirmative action mechanisms of allocating additional funds to cater for education bursary schemes and other teaching and learning related activities; concerned that, the NG-CDF Act caps allocation to bursary schemes under the Fund at not more than 35 per cent of total constituency allocation in a financial year, thereby limiting the number of cases that may be supported to access basic education; further concerned that the NG-CDF Board The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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