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    "id": 1340572,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gatanga, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wakili Muriu",
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    "content": "has only been approving bursary support for secondary and tertiary education and not primary schools and the recently created junior secondary schools; cognisant of the fact that failing to extend bursaries to primary and junior secondary schools on the assumption that the two levels of education are ‘free’ is a misnomer since the Government’s capitation per pupil is inadequate to cater for the mandatory materials required for Competency Based Curriculum (CBC), thereby affecting pupils whose parents are unable to meet the attendant costs; deeply concerned that, continued exclusion of allocation of bursary to Primary and Junior Secondary Schools violates the provisions of Article 27 of the Constitution and slows down attainment of universal basic education in Kenya; now therefore, this House resolves that: (i) the education bursary schemes under Section 48 of the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) Act, 2015 be extended to support learners in primary and junior secondary schools to cater for the Competency Based Curriculum requirements; (ii) pursuant to Section 48A of National Government Constituency Development Fund Act, 2015, the NG-CDF Board in each constituency approves additional allocation to the education bursary scheme in order to support teaching and learning related activities associated with the CBC education including School Feeding Programmes; and, (iii) the Government revises the capitation per student in primary schools from the current Ksh1,420 per year to, at least, Ksh7,760, being the minimum optimal capitation factoring the new CBC education system and the prevailing high cost of living. Hon. Deputy Speaker, this is more of a moral issue than a constitutional one. Article 27(1) of the Constitution clearly states: “27(1) Every person is equal before the law and has a right to equal protection and equal benefits.” Article 27(2) states: “27(2) Equality includes the full and equal enjoyment of all rights and fundamental freedoms.” Article 43(1)(c) of the Constitution of Kenya is on economic and social rights and it clearly states: “43(1) Every person has the right – (c) to be free from hunger, and to have adequate food of acceptable quality.” Articles 53(1)(b) and (c) talk more about children's rights. They state: “53(1) Every child has the right – (b) to free and compulsory basic education; (c) to basic nutrition, shelter and health care;” The Motion before you not only addresses the issue of basic education as provided for by Article 53(1)(b) of the Constitution, but also Article 53(1)(c) which provides that every child in this country is entitled to basic nutrition. We allocated Ksh620 billion in this year’s budget to improve the quality of education. However, that budget did not touch on the quality or provision of nutrition for our children, which goes hand-in-hand with basic education. Therefore, the Motion seeks to move the Ministry of Education to provide adequate capitation for primary and junior secondary schools because the current capitation was revised in 2015. When the new curriculum was 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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