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    "id": 1340590,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gilgil, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Martha Wangari",
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    "content": "of Education. As we relook at the way the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) is wired, we need to ensure that the money that goes to the JSS comes from the Ministry of Education. The money we give as bursaries is not enough, especially for the Members who have big constituencies like mine. We get 11,000 or more applications and the money you give is Ksh3,000 and Ksh5,000 to Ksh7,000. You give a maximum of Ksh3000 for day secondary schools. If we add another burden, we will need to open up the brackets. The maximum that has been set as 35 per cent is not sufficient to cover our day schools, secondary schools and JSS. This means we are struggling with a generation. The problem between the TSC and the Ministry of Education must be addressed. The seconder talked about it. At the constituency level, we have a problem with who issues orders or directives in schools. Is it the officials from the Ministry of Education, constituency representative or TSC, especially on the running of the schools and teachers? This confusion is not helping the already bad situation. It must be addressed at the Cabinet level. I support this Motion. I hope that we can look at JSS the way it should be because we now have teachers in some schools, but not all. The capitation issue must be looked at per child, so that we can ensure that children are not sent home. Parents already struggled to take them there. Remember the issues we had that time. They needed new uniforms, desks and all manner of things when reporting. Parents struggled to buy these things. When they are told they need to pay fees, they come to the NG-CDF. However, we tell them that we do not fund primary schools."
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