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    "id": 1368673,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1368673/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Molo, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kuria Kimani",
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    "content": "the NG-CDF Fund protected in the Constitution. This means that we are headed in the right direction. As the Speaker has said, I have been on record countless times admitting that I would not be the person I am today were it not for bursaries. I am a product of bursary funding through my secondary and university education. This has greatly contributed to who I am today. We have talked about the new programme spearheaded by the NG-CDF and the Ministry of Information, Communication and the Digital Economy. This will ensure we have digital centres in our constituencies. A few years ago, once one completed Form IV, one was sent to study computer packages. Most of us did computer packages immediately after Form IV. You would find a 16-year-old or 17-year-old interacting with technology for the first time. In the job market, these individuals are supposed to compete alongside individuals who studied in private schools, and have had access to computers or tablets or ICT technology from when they were probably four or five years old. The competitiveness of these two candidates when they pursue further education, or even when they join the market, is quite disadvantaged. The ones from public schools are most likely to be disadvantaged. The Government programme on digital centres and what Members and NG-CDF committees do by allocating money for building and equipping Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) labs in our schools is going to bridge that digital technology gap that exists between these students in public schools and those in private. The Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning oversees NG-CDF, in terms of allocating money to them. I would like to congratulate them for the good work they are doing, and the more..."
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