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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Keiyo South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Kimaiyo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I join my colleagues who oppose this Motion. It may be a noble idea that we amalgamate bursaries, but if we amalgamate these bursaries, who will be the person distributing them? In this country, resources are distributed in a skewed manner. If you look at our budget, one corner of the country receives a large share of resources compared to others. We must sit down and say, as much as we want to put resources in a basket so that all children of this country can go to school, we must first of all come up with a structure on how this money will be distributed. If we give this money to the Ministry of Education, there is someone who will distribute it — whether the Cabinet Secretary or whoever. We know this country; resources will follow those who come from a certain corner. So that if I am the Cabinet Secretary for Education, resources will go to my corner. What happens to the other parts of the country? Today, the model which the NG-CDF uses makes sure that in every corner of this country, children can access bursaries. In my constituency, Keiyo South, I am a product of a day school. I went to a day school and if bursaries were being distributed in a good manner, I would have gone to the provincial school I had been called to, but because of lack of school fees, I went to a day school. It is because bursaries were distributed in a skewed manner. When I was elected, I made sure that all day schools in my constituency are attended absolutely free. Now, somebody wants to tell me that money that enables all children in Keiyo South Constituency to attend day schools without paying anything be taken back to the Ministry of Education. We will not allow that. Before we take the money to the Ministry of Education, let us first of all have structures in place, and then we will respect Article 53 of the Constitution which gives every child the right of education in this country. If we allow this to happen, it will only benefit certain corners of the country. Until that time we will have the correct structures in place to manage these funds, it is a no for me. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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