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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okiya Omtatah",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Education regarding the extortion of parents through illegal demands for fees for remedial classes in schools. In the Statement, the Committee should:- (1) State the policy the Ministry of Education is using to permit school heads and boards of management to demand remedial fees from parents. (2) Clarify why remedial fees are being forced on all parents including those whose children are performing well given that remedial education is typically intended for students who need additional help to meet required academic standards. (3) Establish why remedial fees are often paid by M-Pesa, cash or personal accounts of teachers instead of being deposited into official school bank accounts. (4) Define the criteria for the determination of remedial fee amount to be charged and how the money is used; noting, for example, St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Nairobi, parents are charged Kshs5,000 per term with the school collecting approximately Kshs5 million per term. (5) Explain the rationale for remedial education today considering that in previous years, teachers managed to complete the syllabus without charging additional fees for such services. The Statement is indicated “Sen. Andrew Omtatah, Senator for Busia”. I am Senator from Busia not for Busia. Let me make that correction here. There is no Senator for any county here. All Senators come from counties. They are Senators of the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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