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    "id": 1476623,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marakwet West",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Timothy Kipchumba",
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    "content": "I wish to thank Hon. Esther Passaris for this Motion. At the outset, I have certain reservations for it. Is the system broken? No. Do we have challenges with the system? Yes. Can they be addressed? Yes. The elephant in the room is the issue of duplication whether it is offered through the Presidential Bursary or through NG-CDF. There is a problem with duplication of bursary. How do we fix it? We cannot fix the broken system by consolidating the bursary to the Ministry of Education. This is Parliament and we make laws. The best way to fix it is to develop a system where duplication shall be avoided so that when one student is given bursary through the Presidential one, the same cannot be duplicated by NG-CDF. We have to respect the Constitution in this country. Under the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution, pre-primary function is a function of the county government. Pre-primary is a mandate of the county government. Why should the county government be allowed to give bursaries to those in secondary schools, colleges and universities? That is a function of the national Government. We should instead align resources to follow functions. We should align our bursary system so that bursaries given by the county governments which are illegal and unconstitutional can be taken to the national Government and be managed by the NG-CDF. If there is a system that is working, and it is unfortunate that the Court declared NG- CDF a nullity... Even as you speak of NG-CDF, as a lawyer I know we are in the winding up period because we have been given up to 2026 unless we appeal. Even though I do not agree with the decision of the Court, I respect it. The most efficient system of managing bursaries in this country is the NG-CDF. We have never had major audit queries by the Office of the Auditor-General in respect to bursaries managed by NG-CDF. I have read the Senate Public Investment Committee (PIC) Report on bursaries offered by county governments. There are serious audit issues that have been raised in respect to bursaries that are managed illegally and unconstitutionally by county governments. Bursaries should be managed and run by the national Government through the NG-CDF. I stand to oppose the Motion that intends to consolidate bursaries in this country. The system is not broken. What we need…"
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