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    "id": 1510325,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1510325/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to support this Motion on the consolidation of bursary funds for equitable access to education in Kenya by Sen. Karungo Thang’wa. This is a very progressive Motion. I know there is another Motion by Sen. (Prof.) Kamar on the same, calling for the abolition of bursary funds in our counties. The bursary was meant for needy students and pupils. The orphans or those students from extremely poor backgrounds. Now we are seeing a scenario where bursary seems to be a fund to benefit everyone. That is why you find in our constituencies, the Members of the National Assembly are even giving bursary as low as Kshs2,000 per student. They have diverted from the initial objective of bursary funds to support needy students and they are now supporting everyone. They are now using it as a political tool. The money that is being given is just tokenism. There is no school where you can pay Kshs2,000 as school fees; it is more than that. So, the net effect of this is that the initial objective of the bursary fund has not been achieved. The poor students are now at home; they cannot afford school fees because what they are given in the form of bursary is not adequate to sustain them in school. So, the idea of consolidation is a good one so that we can ensure that all the bursary programmes that we have; the ones run by NG-CDF, NGAAF, those from the counties, national Government, the Jomo Kenyatta Foundation and even the once run by private institutions in collaboration with the national institutions should all be consolidated into one fund. 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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