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    "id": 1492232,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1492232/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caroli Omondi",
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    "content": "I rise to oppose this Motion for the simple reason that it actually invalidates our constitutional framework. We are supposed to devolve Government services and place them where they are most proximate or closer to the people. If you look at the various bursary schemes that we have in the Republic, you will find that the most functional one is the NG- CDF. It deals with very specific things compared to National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF), which deals with affirmative action for women. That is its purpose. The Presidential Secondary School Bursary deals with various other issues. If you look at various bursaries, they do not deal with the same sector. They deal with different segments of the society. If they are implemented properly, there is no duplication. The one that is an anomaly is the County Government Bursary Schemes. Education is not devolved. The only thing that is devolved is Early Childhood Development (ECD) education, but there is no bursary scheme for it. Now, it is wrong for county governments to purport to offer education bursaries. On what constitutional basis do we have county governments bursary schemes, when education is not devolved? It is not part of the functions of the county governments. We should figure out what to do with illegal county governments bursary schemes. That is what we should take out. Otherwise, these other ones are very specific. If you go to other countries that offer free education like Canada and China which have been mentioned, they still have bursary schemes. They are not synonymous with basic free education. They are different. This Motion is misplaced. We should respect what our Constitution requires— services are taken closer to the people and they are empowered to make their own decisions at the most local level, which is the village level."
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