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    "id": 1474744,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1474744/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr Julius Ogamba",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Education",
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    "content": " Thank you. I will attempt to answer them as quickly as I can. Thank you, Hon. Members. Regarding Hon. (Dr.) James Nyikal’s question about public validation of the Means Testing Instrument before it was rolled out, I want to report that there were simulations that were done. Validation was done, including linking it with the other institutions that have data belonging to individuals. For instance, it was linked to the Social Support System where money is released to the members of our country who do not earn any money, the low-income earners, and the Ksh2,000 that we release. It was linked to Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to show what your returns are. It was linked to HELB to answer questions relating to the number of children you have, and therefore showing that in a particular university or institution, you have more than one child, et cetera . It was also linked to the Civil Registration Service for births and deaths. That is how the validation was done. However, what this new committee is supposed to do is to deal with the matter even deeper to find out whether these linkages were sufficient. This is to ensure that the outcome is going to place individuals as close as possible to where they are. On the question of the 75,000 students who have paid, it is going to be part of the survey that will be done. We have not done it. We have not collected the information to determine which band the 75,000 students belong to. That is the survey and collation taking place. When the report is ready we will submit it here. I assure Members that we are doing everything possible to ensure that the system works. There will be no point for us to deal with a system that does not work. That is why we are saying let us look into it once again. 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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