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    "id": 1562850,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Thang’wa",
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    "content": "if I have to give unga. So, we need to restore the dignity and bring about transparency because there is no database. This is what we are asking the Ministry of Education, that we need a database. We need to know, if I think about my Ward where I come from, where I was born, called Ngewa, in Kiambu County. If I go to the systems, I need to know who was given how much by the MCA, MP, governor, women rep, the President or the Ministry. That way, we are able to be transparent and know who gets what. The Motion is proposing that the Ministry of Education audits all bursary funds issued by national Government and county governments. We need to understand how much goes in as bursary. We also need to consolidate all bursary allocation into a single pool. I want to be understood clearly because this might be misconstrued as if we are taking the bursary back to the national Government. No, that is not what we are doing. Consolidation means, if you know you have this amount of money from all the bursaries, then after we calculate the cost of education per child, this money is disbursed directly to schools as supplementary capitation. That is what this Motion is looking for; that we should give these monies to schools so that education, especially secondary, can be free. This will reduce administrative waste. Remember, every bursary fund has five to 10 per cent administrative cost. We need to enhance transparency, eliminate double funding, and ensure that most vulnerable students are prioritized. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am not the only one speaking about this. So many other leaders, recognized leaders, are speaking about it. The Chief Justice is on record, saying that this issue of bursary need to be discussed so that we reduce wastage. Even Sen. Osotsi, Sen. Chimera and the Speaker of the National Assembly are on record. 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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