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    "content": "all”. The current bursary system, as it stands, does not guarantee free education for all students. Thousands of students apply for bursaries, but only hundreds qualify, leaving many others without support. What happens to those students who do not receive bursaries? Secondly, we must have a conversations as leaders and politicians to try and de- link politics from the future of Kenya's young children. It is wrong for a politician to use a bursary programme as a sole political tool for campaigning. I was shocked the other day when certain leaders, whom I will not mention because they are not present to defend themselves, went around funerals and public barazas, castigating some of us for advocating for the scrapping of the bursary program. I was even more shocked when some claimed that Sen. Chimera grew up in privilege, never knew hardship, his father was a rich man and did not understand why our people depend on bursaries. That is not the point. I have struggled. I come from a normal Kenyan family. My father was a low-ranking civil servant in Kwale County. He struggled to put us through school. I am a beneficiary of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) from Lunga Lunga Constituency, Matuga Constituency and Kinango Constituency. Madam Temporary Speaker, you will notice I benefited from three different NG- CDFs. This was only possible because my father had access to sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) by virtue of his work. That does not make him a rich man in the society. I wonder what happens to the young child in Kwale County whose father has no connections, not even to the village elder. That tells you that such a child will ordinarily be unable to benefit from this programme."
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