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    "id": 1476599,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1476599/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Turbo, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Janet Sitienei",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity to add my voice. I thank Hon. Passaris for bringing this Motion, which has good intent, but I stand to oppose the consolidation of the funds. It will be unfair to very many needy students. Decentralizing these funds was the best thing that ever happened to assist the very needy students in this country. That is why we have the various kitties that support the needy students at the ground level. NG-CDF, NGAAF and the County Revenue Fund all affect people on the ground. If you look closely, you will realise that NG-CDF reaches the villages through the bursaries given to the students. They identify very needy students in those villages in every sub-county. What will happen to needy students in middle level colleges? How will they be supported? We are talking about the Ministry taking over the consolidation of the fund and providing free primary education. What will happen to the middle level colleges with very needy students that we need to identify on the ground? We are the people on the ground. The Members of County Assembly, Members of Parliament and Women Representatives are the ones who can identify who these people are in the villages. Through village elders, we are able to afford education for very needy students. Basic education is free in this country. We only need to increase capitation to these institutions and ensure there is efficient and effective management of these funds. This will enable us provide an education for every primary school child. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Ministry does not have the capacity to identify the very needy students who need to be supported by this fund. I, therefore, stand to oppose. Let those kitties work as they are. We only need to harmonise. When a needy student benefits from the NG-CDF kitty, another will benefit from the MCA kitty and another from the county government kitty. This has been the best way to give bursaries to very needy students. Coordination is key. Increasing capitation to the Ministry for basic education will enable us to provide free primary education. If this fund has to be consolidated, it should be put into the NG-CDF kitty for disbursement to the very needy students. Like my colleagues have said, there is nowhere NG-CDF bursaries have not reached in the villages. I oppose and advocate that those kitties remain as they are. The only thing we need to do is ensure that the capitation from the Ministry for the enhancement of basic education is efficiently utilised for purposes of free primary education. I oppose. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. 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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