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    "id": 1409352,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1409352/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Malava, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Malulu Injendi",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to give a response from the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education to a Request for a Statement by Hon. Joshua Kandie, MP for Baringo Central Constituency on delayed salaries and understaffing of non-teaching personnel in special needs’ schools. Hon. Members, Article 53 (1) (b) of the Constitution provides that every child has the right to free and compulsory basic education. In this regard, the Government runs the free primary and free day secondary education programmes for all learners including those with disabilities and special needs. Under these programmes the Government provides capitation to learners at the various levels of education. At the primary school level, the approved rates are a capitation grant of Ksh1,420 per learner including those in special needs education primary schools. In addition, the Ministry is to provide top-up grants of Ksh2,300 per learner per year to all special needs education learners in primary schools. This top-up grant is for the provision of specialised learning material and assistive devices and technologies. Special needs education boarding schools are also to be provided with Ksh11,000 per learner as boarding grants to subsidise boarding expenses and pay the salaries of non-teaching staff. At the secondary school level, the approved capitation rate is Ksh22,244 per learner. Learners in special needs education schools are to be provided with the top-up grants of Ksh35,730 for the acquisition of specialised learning materials and assistive devices and technologies, personal emoluments for non-teaching staff and for food subsidy for learners in boarding schools. Hon. Members, whereas these are the approved rates, the budget provided to the Ministry has always fallen short leading to an under-funding of the special needs education schools. For instance, the tables below illustrate the funding requirement under both the Free"
}