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    "id": 1476576,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Uriri, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mark Nyamita",
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    "content": "opportunity to commend the Government for an attempt at proper investment. For example, in the last financial year, we invested over Ksh640 billion in the Ministry of Education. If we collapse all the bursary schemes in this House, I challenge my colleagues and Members that this is a budget-making House. If we truly want education to be free in this country, we have the power in this House. We can remove funds from where we think they are not necessary. We can continue to cut budgets from all other sectors that are not as critical as education, which is a basic human right, and we allocate the Ministry of Education the funds that are adequate for them to provide education. If we do this, we will not have all the challenges we see today, like the new university funding model, students on the streets, and now their teachers on the streets. I add that free education is not only provision of school fees, uniforms or books but also adequate teachers. Look at the Junior Secondary School (JSS) today in most parts of this country. You may have one or two teachers in a school, with students who are supposed to be examined in about 13 or more areas. Some of these teachers are Kiswahili teachers. However, we expect them to train our students in mathematics and sciences, which is not possible. When we talk about free education, we talk about a comprehensive nature whereby we have adequate teachers, infrastructure and schools are facilitated to ensure that our students get quality education. If we do not do it, it is just a time bomb. With those very many remarks, I beg to second the Motion."
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