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    "id": 1495111,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, before we went on recess, I was contributing to this Motion. I had not anticipated that it would come this afternoon. So, I had not recollected my thoughts, but this is an important point. Over and above what I said before we went on recess, this issue of bursaries is promoting corruption not by the Members of Parliament (MPs) who control or governors, but people working at the bursary offices. Corruption is done to this extent. Our women who are mothers of our children at school and old men are forced to queue in the name of collecting forms that will enable them to access bursaries. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, after waiting for a very long time a list then appears at the Constituency Bursary Office and when the old man or mama goes there, the name of their child is not there. They do not understand why their children are not benefiting. When you follow it in some of the offices, the administrators of that bursary fund ask for a consideration before people benefit from this public resource. It is for this reason that many people are agreed that the billions of shillings held in the accounts of National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) as bursaries, in the Presidential Bursary Fund, in the Governor's Bursary Fund and all the other funds that support children, including Equity Bank, Wings to Fly and whatever view, should just be surrendered to the National Treasury and we make education free and accessible by all children. Like many Kenyans who had to walk the steep hill to have their education financed, the first time I had peace of mind at school was when I went to the University of Nairobi and found that university education was free. The moment that happened, I quickly forgot the pain I used to go through whenever I would be sent out of class so as to go home to look for school fees, which was not there. My home to my school, Kakamega High School, is exactly 15 kilometres. When I used to be asked to go home and come back with school fees at Kakamega High School, I would do the 15 kilometres on foot. I would get home, wait for two, three days and walk back of course, without school fees. I would pretend and dodge in school until another wave of sending children home comes and I go back. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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