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    "id": 1492121,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Let me begin by appreciating the two gentlemen, starting with Sen. Thang’wa and my good friend from Kwale County, Sen. Chimera. I have been sitting in this House for quite some time and I know that Parliament pronounces itself through Motions and Bills. The effort sought by my two colleagues is something, which as we speak right now, unless several pieces of legislation are amended, will be an academic exercise. Bursaries are very important. However, it will be very difficult for Members of the National Assembly; Women Representatives, mandarins in the Ministry of Education and the Office of the President, to let go that ability to dish out goodies in the name of bursaries to their children, friends and constituents. They want to be seen as if they are doing so much for their community. The Motion is very important. However, the question that I have with this Motion is whether it is going to be something that can be achieved by a Motion in this House. Yes. Every county government today has a County Bursary Act. With NG-CDF, there is money allocated. Under the NG-CDF they say we will allocate X amount of money; I think Kshs40 million per MP towards paying bursaries. If you go to the affirmative action as well, and the Women Representatives will say, we have got X amount of money for bursaries. Will this Motion overturn all these legislations? My answer is “no.” The Motion will not be enough to overturn all these legislations. This is only going to be an academic exercise. I would have hoped that my good friends would have tried to look into it and introduce a piece of legislation. One of the recommendations in the Motion says: “NOW THEREFORE, the Senate urges the Ministry of Education to: - (1) audit the funds allocated to bursaries by both the national government and county governments.” Now, the first question that I ask then is, if you look at the Constitution of Kenya, I believe it is Article 187, there is an issue of cooperation between the two levels of 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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