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    "id": 368578,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Rop",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1922,
        "legal_name": "Jackson Kipkorir Rop",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this amended Motion. Information is key. Most needy students cannot access the bursaries in financial institutions, the CDF and the Ministry of Education because parents are not aware of that availability of funds. I believe we should have a data bank so that we know the needy students from each ward and constituency. Many students have lost opportunities to attend national schools. I have a case in point of a student in my constituency who was called to join a very prestigious school called Maranda Boys but he was unable to join it because of lack of school fees. I would propose that as much as we would like to have a data bank we should also think of doubling the bursary kitty in the CDF. Most of the activities have now been devolved to the counties. We were building hospitals, nursery schools and roads using the CDF money. We can now propose that because these activities have been devolved to the counties we double the bursary allocation so that many needy students can access the bursary fund. There is need also for the Ministry of Education to come out clearly on the way they disburse the bursary funds to the needy students. You will always hear that money has been allocated to the districts. However, you will not know the number of students who have benefitted from the same fund. You will not know where they get information about the availability of funds. I propose that principals of institutions should also be incorporated in giving us the information. This is because they are the ones who are aware of the needy students in their schools. People in our constituencies have myriad problems. We, therefore, need to support these students. In this year’s budget funds have been channeled to day schools. I propose that each constituency should have a number of day schools to cater for such needy cases."
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