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    "id": 1506206,
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    "speaker_name": "Keiyo North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Adams Korir",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. I congratulate my friend and the Member for Machakos, Hon. Kamene, with whom we serve together on the same Committee, for bringing such a very important amendment. There is nothing in the word that we can compare with education. Education is an equaliser. It gives everyone an opportunity to serve in any position and to achieve anything that he or she aspires in life. As it is, the Act is discriminatory. It goes against Article 53 of the Constitution, which guarantees every child the right to education. Saying that a child below 18 years is not qualified to benefit from government money because of being underage is discriminatory. There are many ways of identifying such a child: birth certificate, NEMIS number or parents’ identification. We live in a democratic country and these are children of this country. Saying that they cannot benefit from government money to pursue their career is discriminatory. It is something that needs to be dealt with. Many children in this country are not able to go to school. Some come to our homes each and every time because they are looking for this important thing called education. We can as well use religious leaders or chiefs, if people suspect parents or guardians, to identify the children. Let us support Hon. Kamene’s amendment. It will bring the sanity that we all require in the education sector. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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