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    "id": 1463936,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Moiben, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Phylis Bartoo",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, Hon. Mutunga has aptly put it that the data generated for these percentages emanates from the students themselves. Additionally, the Ministry has a lot of data from students already. When they join secondary schools, they produce their birth certificates and details of their parents. There is also information from the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) card, which was still under use until recently. There is a lot of data which the Ministry can access in order to determine the exact amount a student can get. However, in situations where a student’s data is not ably captured, they can always appeal. They also have appellate processes in case you do not get the money. I want to give an example of a student who is categorised as Band One, a very vulnerable student who requires Government support at all costs. I will give a case of a student who has been selected to take a Bachelor in Medicine and another one who is going to take a Bachelor of Arts. Initially, there was a problem whereby the Ministry was giving letters to students indicating a lot of money. For the example, a student selected to take a course in medicine got a fee structure of Ksh612,000. It was not necessary for the Ministry to give unnecessary information. Most of the Members here who went to university in the 80s and 70s, would recall that the letters they used to get from the university only indicated the amount the household is supposed to pay. They were not given information on what the Government was to pay. I think the Ministry erred on that. The fee structure should only indicate the household amount the student is supposed to be pay to the university. The programme for a student taking a course in medicine costs Ksh612,000. In this case, the student gets 70 per cent scholarship and 25 per cent tuition and 5 per cent household. This 5 per cent which translates to Ksh30,600 is the money that the student receives from the Government for upkeep. For a student who is going to take a Bachelor of Arts course, the fee structure is supposed to indicate Ksh122,400. This student is supposed to get a scholarship of Ksh85,680, Ksh30,600 loan and an upkeep of Ksh60,000. Therefore, he is only to pay Ksh6,100. Every student will get a fee structure depending on their course, and the funding will depend on the information they give in the form. It is, therefore, not a uniform amount. Every student will get support depending on the data they have given. Regarding Hon. Naisula’s question on the issue of the fee structure on the admission letters, as a Committee, we had communicated that to the Ministry and instructed them to withdraw the 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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