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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mbiuki Kareke",
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        "legal_name": "Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki",
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    "content": "That was earlier, hon. Deputy Speaker. I am now under a new dispensation. I know how hon. Shill is feeling. In primary school, we used to debate issues in under a debating club and nothing used to happen. It is a feeling that nothing happens, even with what is passed in this House. I believe the ball is in the court of the Committee on Implementation. Hon. Deputy Speaker, when I was finishing, I was talking about the vicious circle of poverty, where children are brought up in a family where their father burns charcoal and they eventually end up going back to burning charcoal as well. If this Motion is implemented, it will help bright children from poor backgrounds. The way I see it, is that it does not actually even need funding. It is a question of implementing a policy. Governors and the county governments should be compelled by the national Government to keep a database that can be used to help needy children. Lastly, I want to touch on the issue which I believe must have come into this House during the 10th Parliament. It was a Bill which was brought by the late hon. Mutula Kilonzo to compel head teachers to release results of children who had actually cleared Form Four, and had not completed paying school fees so as to be given certificates to enable them find a source of earning income, and then be able to clear school fees balances. This has not happened in most cases. We still have very many children who have their certificates held by schools, on the demand that they have to clear their fees balances in order for them to get their certificates. These are the same children we are saying are not able to afford the fees. How can they afford school fees, when they do not have their certificates to enable them get some form of employment? With those very few remarks, I beg to support."
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