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    "id": 188668,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/188668/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Koech",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 56,
        "legal_name": "David Kibet Koech",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you, for giving me this opportunity. While I want to sincerely thank the Minister for issuing a Ministerial Statement, as a Committee, we would have asked for the same today. So, I thank him for coming forward to present his position and that of the Ministry. It is very sad for this country to watch what is happening in our schools. I would like to appreciate the many issues that the Minister has come up with, especially the main causes of this matter. I want to say that this is not the time to apportion blame. It is time to act. I would like to say that the Ministry of Education is charged with the responsibility of ensuring that there is law and order in our schools. Therefore, there are certain things that the Ministry should be able to own up. First, it did not take action immediately. I am so grateful that the Minister is now taking action, but somehow it is a bit late. Part of what we are getting on the ground, because some of our schools were affected, is that the delay in the release of the funds for free secondary education has caused a lot of problems in our institutions, and that most of the schools went on strike because the schools were not able to feed the students. I would request the Minister to ensure that in future such delays do not occur, so that the schools are safe. When we removed the cane---"
}