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    "speaker_name": "[Mr. Sambu]",
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        "legal_name": "Alfred B. Wekesa Sambu",
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    "content": "not possible. Let them split it. If they have to collect it, let it be spread over 24 or 36 months so that it can be payable as they pay with the charges on the meter. Charging Kshs32,000 for a rural user, will mean that those transformers will just remain there unused and the effect of what the Government has done will not be felt, in spite of having put in all those billions. That is a very urgent demand. I want also to speak about the cost of university education. The public universities have raised the entry point for regular students. Those are the ones who get loans from the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB). They have raised the entry points to A-(Minus). What is happening is that nearly all the students who are going to our public universities now are going through what they call the parallel programme and the fees charged are very exorbitant. Mr. Temporary Deuty Speaker, Sir, I am requesting the Government to use its good offices to tell these universities, that these universities were constructed using public funds, on public land and the staff are employed on public funds. Therefore, they should not overcharge the parallel students. I do not agree, but let the parallel students also be allowed to access loans from the Higher Education Loans Board, which they will repay. Of course, once they have graduated, they will repay the loans like anybody else. It is so important that we help our students by allowing them to access loans from the Higher Education Loans Board. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the Youth Fund, I want to say that let us have transparency. The way it is being administered is not transparent. Youth groups are being given very stringent conditions. I would like to see that the Youth Fund is distributed equitably. Finally, I want to speak on the issue of security in my constituency---"
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