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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Karaba",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Dickson Karaba",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also wish to congratulate all hon. Members who have contributed and supported this Motion. There is none who has opposed it. That tells us that this Motion is pertinent. It is popular and it is going to really enable very many poor families to access education, particularly in secondary schools. That is the only way to ensure that students who start from Standard I to Standard VIII transit to Form I up to Form IV. That is what we call basic education. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if we create this Fund, as suggested by most hon. Members of this House, we will ensure that education becomes affordable from Standard I up to Form IV. That is what we are all geared towards - education for all. When this becomes a reality, we will have an educated society, which will transform very many programmes in the country towards economic development. That is what we are all geared towards. There is an example we have from South-East Asia, where education takes the lion's share of the Budget. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, so, we should not complain that the Ministry of Education is taking all the money simply because it is a service Ministry. The Ministry of Education caters for most of the other Ministries. We are, therefore, calling upon many other Ministries to collaborate in trying to contribute something towards the development of the Ministry of Education. We call upon the various Ministries not to return their money to the Treasury once the financial year comes to an end. We should have that money transferred to the proposed Education Levy Fund, so that we can boost it and have more money to donate and disburse in form of bursaries and other services. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am happy that the mood, as expressed here, is in support of the Motion. We want to also ask Kenyans in the diaspora to realise that we are developing the Education Levy Fund in Kenya. I am sure that once they are approached, they will be willing to contribute towards the Fund. Their contribution will strengthen a levy fund which will be like the Jomo Kenyatta Foundation. We have other people like Mr. Kalonzo Musyoka, who have come up with a foundation. We have other people who have come up with foundations. So, this one will be a useful foundation. With those remarks, I beg to move."
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