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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Thang’wa",
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    "content": "If you do the capitation of Kshs4.2 million, that means each student will receive Kshs30,000 and not Kshs22,244 that we are talking about here. Kshs30,000 is enough money to take anyone through a whole year of secondary education, especially in a day school. For that reason, I ask Members of this House to support this Motion to help the Ministry of Education. I really thank the Cabinet Secretary, hon. Ogamba. Though he portrayed the Ministry as clueless, he was truthful. Since he is new, let us help him because others before him never thought it was wise to have consolidation of bursaries and have the data or calculate the cost of education per learner. Let us take advantage of the information we got and help him to come up with a framework of establishing the cost of education per learner. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I conclude, this issue of consolidation of bursaries has been spoken about by people who if I mention will enable you to see the importance. The Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Wetangula, is on record saying that we should consolidate bursaries. The Chief Justice (CJ), Martha Koome, is on record saying that we should consolidate bursaries. This House and other agencies like Elimu Bora Working Group (EBWG) have also said the same. Sen. Chimera, Sen. Osotsi, Sen. Joe Nyutu and others who want us to consolidate issuance of bursary so that we make secondary education free in this country. That tells you that this is important. We need to discuss and make sure we compel the Cabinet Secretary and his Ministry to do as we tell them. They should calculate the cost of education per learner and consolidate the funds distributed by various governments to ensure or facilitate achievement of free secondary education. Madam Temporary Speaker, yesterday we asked the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Education how much bursary is given across the country and he said he does not know. We did not expect that from the Department of Education. He then continued to give a reason that the bursary is given by the NG-CDF, but not the Ministry of Education. So, you can imagine the Ministry that is entrusted to run the education of the country has no linkage with other players in the education sector. That is to say, we lose a lot of money in the name of giving bursaries to our people. The issue of the presidential bursary being domiciled in the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection needs to be looked into by the CS Education or the Education Department. Why give bursaries, yet you can make education free, since there is money? The only problem is that nobody knows where this money is. Nobody oversights them. Even the Ministry of Education told us yesterday that they do not know. Madam Temporary Speaker, I wish to call the seconder of the Motion. I had requested Sen. Olekina to, but the de facto seconder has arrived. So, allow me to invite Sen. Chimera to second my Motion. Thank you."
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