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    "id": 1552092,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1552092/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will comment on a few statements. The statement by Sen. Esther Okenyuri on the suspension of academic programmes to the students who are currently in Germany. Many Kenyans do not know that the Ministry of Education normally gives out scholarships. I want to ask the Committee on Education, chaired by Sen. Montet, to go further and tell us who the beneficiaries of the Ministry of Education's scholarship are. This is the same Ministry that was operating hot air secondary schools in Baringo, where billions of shillings were lost in non-existent secondary schools through capitation. No ordinary Kenyan has benefited from this scholarship other than the who-is-who. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to appeal to the Education Committee to table the list of beneficiaries of academic scholarships from the Ministry of Education for the last five years, so that we can know the truth. It is unfortunate that the beneficiaries of this scholarship are normally well-to-do Kenyans yet the hoi polloi are not benefiting. We are leaving many young Kenyans from vulnerable communities to the spirit of"
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