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    "content": "Deputy Speaker, I rise to support the amendment to the Motion as read by my sister, hon. Wanga. The Motion is quite elaborate. Hon. Gatobu had thought it out very well but, as hon. Wanga has said, if we leave it the way it is, it will left to the discretion of the institutions aforementioned to use the data bank or not. Therefore, I support that we amend the Motion, so that we can give it clout. Once that data base has been created, it will be binding. It will be used by all institutions that give bursary funds. If we leave it the way it is, the CDF committees can ignore that data bank and develop their own lists. Other donor institutions or even education foundations can ignore that data bank. But if it originates from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and is given to every institution which supports the needy children, we will not go back to the grassroots to look for who we should support. That process should also be properly vetted to ensure that we have the right recipients of those funds. Once that is done, it will be easy for institutions, the county governments and even CDF committees to identify who should be supported. If we leave it blank, it can be put under the carpet and nobody will take it seriously. If it is put into law, then it should be used for the purpose of giving money. That way, we shall be able to assist the many needy children who need education most and yet, they get it rough. We know very well that most of the national schools are patronized by the children of the rich. But those who deserve to go there are unable to get there because they do not have fees. At the same time, we should also put a benchmark on how to assist. There are those needy children who need more assistance and we should not give blanket assistance of, for instance, Kshs5,000 for everybody. Some are very needy and they need all the fees for them to complete school."
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