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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": "Secondly, when we are budgeting for a country, we use financial years, that is, from June to June. However, when the country is doing other arrangements, for example in education, we do that cognisant of the calendar year. Therefore, one of the other reasons that we added some money in this Supplementary Budget is that we needed to capacitate our education sector by capitalising on it more. We have added over Ksh70 billion into our education sector. It is important that I let Members know that our education sector currently is taking up Ksh700 billion of our Budget which is commendable. These are monies that are going into the tomorrow of our country. This is an investment. Out of the money that is going to education, Ksh5.4 billion will go into Junior Secondary School (JSS) capitation. We are adding more money to JSS so that parents do not have to cough money out of their pockets in January, especially those who will join in January. Thirdly, we have added over Ksh20 billion into our higher education. We have capitalised more on the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) to give loans and provide scholarships to higher education students, especially university students. We also added over 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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