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    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Mugo",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 85,
        "legal_name": "Beth Wambui Mugo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion of adjournment. This adjournment will give hon. Members time to inspect many development projects going on in their constituencies. This Government has provided a lot of funds directly to our constituencies for development. I would like to assure hon. Members that there is absolutely no confusion because this Government is delivering. There is no question about if there is a Government in place or not. We know when confusion started, but I will not go into it because it is a waste of time. There are many issues that have been raised on education. I want to assure my hon. colleagues that my Ministry is completely in charge. As for shortage of teachers, we will make sure that each area gets its fair share. Some areas are said to be employing many teachers, it is because of maintaining a national average, which is dependent on the funds available. However, my Ministry will be fair in the distribution of teachers. There was also the question on certificates of students who complete secondary school education. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you brought a Motion to this House to ease the pain of students who complete secondary school education. Whereas the certificates themselves cannot be released to them, they will be given transcripts. Giving the hard copy will render secondary school education free of charge. To do this, we need planning. Much as the idea is good, the Government has to budget for it. We hope that will be the case when this Government comes back to power. We agreed in that Motion that a student should be given a copy of his or her certificate so as to use it to join college or to get employment. But the original certificate must be held, even if the parents pay fees balances in instalments. If we release the original certificates, we will render secondary school education free. We have not yet reached the time to write off all fees for secondary schools, which need money to run. But in the case orphans, their cases can be looked into on their merit. We cannot give a blanket order for release of certificates, but in the case of orphans we can intervene. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to bring to the notice of this House a very sad case of an August 3, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2631 orphaned girl, who was raped by a man. The orphaned girl was supposedly employed by the man, but he had not paid her any money since 1997. The man raped the orphan girl and she has given birth. She is now in Nyeri District Hospital after she was dumped. I am calling on the Commissioner of Police to make sure that the man is arrested in accordance with the provisions of the new Sexual Offences Act which we passed in this House. That man should be charged in a court of law with two charges namely, enslaving the girl and raping her. That will ensure that the law we passed is of some help to our people. I would like to thank the Minister of State for Administration and Internal Security for the relative security that we are now enjoying in this country. However, I would like to draw his attention to some areas of Dagoretti and Kawangware where insecurity has increased. I am asking the Minister to make sure that we have a police post in that area. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those remarks, I beg to support."
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