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    "id": 1491743,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1491743/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ogamba",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Education",
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    "content": "To address this challenge, one of the recommendations by the Working Party was to create a coordinated framework for scholarships and bursaries across all levels of education. In this regard, we have developed two Bills. One, the Basic Education Bursaries and Scholarships Bill 2024 that establishes bursaries and scholarships fund to coordinate and administer scholarships and bursaries in basic education. The council will also provide oversight in the governance of scholarships in the county and maintain a database of the administration and coordination of scholarships in Kenya. We have also developed the Tertiary Education Placement and Funding Bill, 2024 which creates the Tertiary Education Placement and Funding Authority. The authority will have the mandate of placing students in tertiary institutions and granting loans and scholarships. It will also maintain a database in tertiary education placement and funding. The Bills were subjected to stakeholder validation on 1st March, 2024 and to public participation from 28th February 2024 to 15th March 2024. They are awaiting Cabinet approval after which we will submit them to Parliament. We will welcome the support of this hon. House in debating and passing these Bills with any necessary amendments so that we can create a foundation towards ensuring that resources in the education sector are optimally used. I submit."
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