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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ogamba",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Education",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the reason the Presidential Bursary Scheme is domiciled at the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, is because it is treated as a special programme, just like the cash transfers to the vulnerable members of our society. Therefore, that is why they saw it fit to domicile it in that space. We are not okay with it, and that is why I think if you look at the Ministry of Education and the challenges that are there, we are saying we need clarity. This way we are doing all these cases and having all these discussions, so that we can have clarity. We can know how much money we need and even ring-fence it. Consequently, with that, then we will avoid so many of these strikes and issues that are in the Ministry. As I said, there are many players in the Ministry of Education playing in different places and we do not have sight of it. That is why it is domiciled there. With respect to the criteria that the Chairperson of the Committee on Education asked for, the criteria include issues relating to students being orphans and their socio- economic background. Those are some of the criteria that they look at. There is a The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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