{"id":210542,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/210542/?format=json","text_counter":49,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Odoyo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":340,"legal_name":"Peter Ochieng Odoyo","slug":"peter-odoyo"},"content":"asked the Minister for Education:- (a) whether he could confirm that the Government is planning to waive secondary school tuition fees with effect from January, 2008, at a cost of Kshs4.5 billion; (b) whether he could further confirm that this program will not affect or interfere with the current bursary scheme for secondary school students; and, (c) what specific measures he is taking to prepare the 38 secondary schools in Nyakach and in other constituencies for the expected increase in student enrolment when the program begins."}