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    "id": 188686,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/188686/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Ongeri",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
        "slug": "samson-ongeri"
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    "content": " Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We are not reactive in every situation. You would have realised that I earlier on said that we had anticipated certain things and began developing the safety manuals, guidance manuals and peace in education manuals. Mr. Ruto has asked me to confirm strategies from the other groups. I want to assure him that I was specifically going to Kwale to visit those schools when I was rudely interrupted in the air, and I had to turn back on arriving at Mombasa, to attend to this crisis because this is an abnormal crisis where students take the liberty not only to destroy but to damage. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as to the issue of watchmen, I visited a school and one of the most shocking feature I saw there is that the compound is extremely porous. You can come from any direction and reach the student hall. So, one of the guidelines that we are now insisting on is that all schools must have secure fences and proper security agents to look after our children. On the allegation of us being selective in resource allocation, it is neither here nor there because in free primary and secondary education, every single child is given equal amounts. What we should be looking at is how the school management committees and the Boards of Governors (BOGs) are using these funds to be able to redress the problems that are now recurring in our schools and, therefore, I would not be able to say that, that aspect of it is inadequate. There is no selective giving of information or resources to any school. They are all equally treated. The capitation is per child and not per school and I think therein lies the difference. Whether your enrolment is ten or 1,000 students, the capitation is per child and not more than that."
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