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    "content": "is so that when we identify sources of funding we quickly get hold of them and put them in these programmes. We really need a data bank where we can easily access these students. This country has had a lot of issues in terms of identifying where people are. Other than students, we have the people who are above 65 years. When the Government set out to carry out a pilot project to pay them it was difficult to locate them. So, when it comes to access these bright students, this country has been relying on articles in the newspapers which, in most cases, might not be accurate. Again, sometimes, they do not come in when the students really need this assistance. Most students fail to join national schools because they do not have money. It is not that the funding is not there. It is because nobody identifies where they are. This Motion by Kinoti has come at the right time. The Government needs to come up with ways of having a data bank of all its citizens. This will include people in the marginalized areas and people with disabilities. These people lead miserable lives just because of lack of information. I will be one of the people who will give a lot of time to ensuring that this initiative is implemented. I want to give an example. The other day when we had elections for the CDF committees, in my constituency, Kipkelion East, the unit of the elections was the sublocation. The thinking was that the sublocation committee will help us map and register all the students in all educational institutions, so that we easily reach them. This will help us get their background information on things like their economic status. This is because we will be having all the background information on their economic status, their education, what they got in primary school and the schools they attended. We will identify their needs and give them appropriate help through Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) bursaries. It is actually unfortunate that most of the bursaries in this country have gone to undeserving cases. You will find almost 80 per cent go to people who are able to pay school fees. But, the people who are very poor in most cases, naturally are people who fear to face the public. They even fear to go and negotiate for funding because of poverty. Poverty naturally makes people to become nervous and they do not speak for themselves. It is time that this House speaks out and defends the poor, and for this reason I support this Motion. I say this is the right time and we come up and set up this data bank, so that these poor students will be able to access appropriate funding. I beg to support; thank you."
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