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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on the issue of coffee, Sen. Wambua and the rest of us who are ranking Members will remember the issue of the Coffee Cherry Fund, where Kshs10 billion was given out by the World Bank, but it went to one region. Bungoma, Nandi, Uasin Gishu, Kericho and Londiani in Kipkelion East Constituency where we have many farmers harvesting coffee cherry, did not receive it. We hope that in the future, there will be the establishment of the Coffee Cherry Fund that the President is proposing. On the public debt, I am aware we have Kshs10.5 trillion. I am told every child that is born in Kenya is supposed to pay more than Kshs201,000, which does not look good. I know we have amended to borrow against our Gross Domestic Product (GDP). My request to the President is that we establish audit of the public debt, so that we know who gave us domestic and foreign borrowing in this country. We need to know about this Kshs10.5 trillion, because we are told for every Kshs100 that the Government collects Kshs70 goes to servicing of public debt. Who are these people? We needed to form a commission of state capture because this is where state capture originates. I can see my time is almost over. On the issue of CBC, I hope that by January, we will have 16,000 classrooms in place. However, I got confused when Cabinet Secretary, Julius Migos appeared before the National Assembly and was talking about 16,000 classrooms yet when he was in the village somewhere in Kisii, he was talking about 19,000 classrooms for grade nine CBC students. I hope we can have consistency, so that we know how many classrooms will be ready. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, CBC was born during the Uhuru Kenyatta era. It is being midwifed by William Ruto. I was talking of junior secondary schools where 56,000 teachers have been hired under permanent and pensionable terms and 20,000 are going to be hired under internship. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has become a bastion of corruption. Teachers are suffering when they follow their claims or want to transfer. It looks like we abolished de-localization on paper, but it still exists. Even teachers who have two to three years to retire are being posted far, instead of being posted near their homes so that they can acclimatize to retirement. The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) must look into the operations of TSC and ensure that the lethargy and corruption that we see there is done away with. As an alumni, I am happy the President noted that Moi University is going down. The only solution for this and any other university such as Karatina, Masinde Muliro, Maseno, Kitale, University of Eldoret is to take on their liabilities. It is not about the Vice Chancellor, but about how Moi University midwifed so many other satellite campuses. That is why it is saddled with debts. That is why Karatina University and the rest should go and take away their debts. That is how we will save Moi University. I can assure you that Moi University is one of the best universities of this Republic being the foundation of knowledge. I am proud to be an alumni of Moi University, School of Law. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if you can lend me one minute to conclude. We must agree that the university funding model should go a long way in assisting our people. 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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