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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a Ministry, we are firmly committed to the consolidation of the gains that have accrued from the implementation of free primary education through which we have seen enrolment increase from 5.9 million Kenya students in 2002 to 8.65 million currently. This rapid growth has exerted enormous pressure on our secondary sub-sector, thus pushing transition from primary to secondary school level from 47 per cent to 70 per cent in 2008. As a result, enrolment in our secondary schools has risen from 778,000 to 1.4 million students currently. This fast growth and the high levels of poverty in many households demand increased support to the poor who cannot afford to meet the cost of secondary education. To make secondary education accessible for children from poor households, the Government with effect from January 2008 initiated the implementation of free day secondary programme on a per capita basis of Kshs10,265 per student in public secondary schools. I am happy to report that despite the teething challenges, the programme remains on course. However, the current budgetary allocation for both programmes are inadequate to meet the per student allocations and other projected enrolments of 1.5 million in secondary and 8.6 million in primary. My Ministry is, however, engaged with the Treasury to address this shortfall."
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