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    "id": 239431,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. H.M. Mohamed",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Hussein Maalim Mohamed",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I join my colleagues in supporting this Motion so that we go home and meet our constituents at the grassroots level. Those of us who come from very vast constituencies will have an opportunity to visit our people. The ECK has announced that it is going to start registration of voters on 15th August. It is unfortunate that most of our people, especially where I come from, cannot take part in this exercise because of lack of identity cards. This has been going on for many years and as leaders, we have complained for a very long time but it seems that nobody is listening to cries of our constituents. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, where I come from, people who are 30 years old and even more have no vipande . Married women with four to five children have no vipande because when these officers visit those areas, they complicate things. They ask applicants to bring photostat copies of 2628 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 3, 2006 their parents' identity cards. Where will they get these photostat copies? For one to own a photocopy machine, he or she needs electricity. Some of us, in most parts of this country, have never seen electricity. These officers are delaying issuing out identity cards because of employing the above tactic. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me talk about the ongoing teachers recruitment. It is very sad. When I looked at the newspapers, I saw that Garissa District had been allocated only 13 places. I was very much surprised and I want the Assistant Minister for Education, who is looking at me, to hear this. I called my District Education Officer (DEO) and asked him why he had not requested for teachers. He told me that he had requested for 197 teachers and he was only given 13. Is that fair? It is not fair. I have visited most of the schools in my constituency and I found some primary schools with only two teachers. Sometimes a head teacher travels to Garissa to attend meetings and the school is left with one teacher during the entire week he is away. When the teachers go and get their salaries at the end of the month, children do not learn. I want the Minister for Education to consider this matter. It is a very serious matter; it is not a laughing matter. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on bursaries, I want to thank the Government because a lot of money has been sent to the districts but I want to request the Government to introduce free secondary education. If it is not possible for the Government to introduce free secondary education for the whole country, let it be done for the ASAL areas. It is possible, and if the Government refuses, then what happened to KANU in the last General Elections will also happen to you. You can remember when our Presidential candidate said in public that free primary education was not possible and that is why we lost. If you do not give us this free secondary education, you might lose in the next General Elections. So, please, give us free secondary education. That is the only way children from ASAL areas can access education. With those few remarks, I support the Motion."
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