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    "id": 229729,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/229729/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kibaki",
    "speaker_title": "His Excellency the President",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 43,
        "legal_name": "Emilio Mwai Kibaki",
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    "content": "In this respect, the Government is encouraging establishment and equipping of day secondary schools in order to make secondary school education more accessible. I call on hon. Members to accord priority to the establishment and expansion of day secondary schools and day streams in boarding schools in the allocation of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). Furthermore, the Government is developing a policy framework to make secondary school education affordable. In this regard, we will be announcing the measures that the Government will be implementing in the near future. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the well-being of a society depends on the socio-economic status of its women. When we educate girls, we change the entire society, which is why we are encouraged by the achievement of gender parity in primary schools in most corners of the country. By investing in education of these girls, we expect better outcomes in child mortality, child health, reduction in teenage pregnancy, early marriages and maternal mortality. For now, we are deliberately pursuing the affirmative actions I announced last year. We will continue to reserve a minimum of 30 per cent of all new public service jobs for women and integrate Maendeleo ya Wanawake in the constituency level committees. Further, my Government is aware that the majority of hawkers and informal sector employees are women and we, therefore, intend to establish a Women Enterprise Development Fund later this year."
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