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    "id": 1474683,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1474683/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitutu Masaba, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Clive Gisairo",
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    "content": " Education to cater for free education, especially higher education. In Paragraph 50, he says that they have developed a Basic Education Bursary and Scholarships Bill to coordinate and administer scholarships and bursaries in basic education. That will be to give bursaries and scholarships. Also, the following one is to develop the Tertiary Education Placement and Funding Bill. So, if you look at the two, Paragraph 47 talks about free, but paragraphs 50 and 51 talk about bursaries and scholarships. How free is that? Are we talking about free or are we talking about bursaries and scholarships, which is a continuation of what we are doing currently? Also, on the same, if we say we are going to provide free education, the Cabinet Secretary has said that in secondary school, 70 per cent of the students are in day schools. Does the Ministry realise that when it says ‘free’, every parent will see an avenue for having free food and free accommodation, and therefore, will have an influx into boarding schools? This action will be welcomed by head of institutions because it will attract more capitation. As such, the Ministry will have extra costs because every child will go to boarding school which may lead to a system collapse."
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