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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wambora",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martin Nyaga Wambora",
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    "content": "I will address you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would want that point to be clarified because I do not see the allocation of OPEC for this financial year. I think it is a very important source of funding for some of our very dilapidated facilities. 2540 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 17, 2007 Thirdly, I want to turn to the challenges of rehabilitation of primary and secondary schools. That project has been going on and I would like to appeal to the Ministry to continue with it, and particularly special emphasis should be put in the pockets of poverty. Those areas without adequate resources indeed, require funds of the Ministry to supplement the CDF allocations. The CDF allocation is not adequate. We need to continue getting funds for the running of primary and secondary schools, and especially primary schools which do not have permanent structures. The fourth challenge is that of teaching computer lessons. Indeed, ICT is a high priority area all over the world and Kenya should follow suit. This is a sector which has not been addressed by the Ministry because we have very few computer literate teachers. We have very few computer teachers in schools. Secondly, very few schools have computers. We know that quite a number of schools in the rural areas do not even have electricity. I hope that, at one time, as the Minister said, schools in the rural areas will be connected with electricity so that they can benefit from the ICT sector, especially now that we will get the fibre optic cables connected to all the constituencies by the end of the year. We need to be ready to benefit from that network which will connect Kenya to the world, very efficiently. There was a proposal for the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) to give assistance to schools--- Two schools in my constituency, Runyenjes, were promised the assistance and up to now, we have not received any assistance at all. We hope that the NEPAD Computer Programme is still on. Number five, I want to look at the issue of free tuition in secondary schools, which is a very commendable and welcome move. But I would like to appeal to the Ministry to consider issuing free text books to students who come from poor families, so that they can benefit from that, in addition to free tuition. To give others a chance, may I go to my sixth challenge in this sector. This is the challenge of more enrolment in secondary schools by, of course, increasing educational facilities. What am I saying? I am saying that the Ministry should actually put more emphasis to more day secondary schools because they are going to help kids from poor rural families. The fees in such schools is very low. In addition, the Ministry should encourage and even give incentives for the introduction of day streams in boarding schools. That will help local students to attend those schools and also encourage higher enrolment. With those few remarks, I beg to support the Motion."
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