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    "id": 368596,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Mbarire",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
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    "content": "I want to speak as a Member who has served this House now for two terms and say that the biggest challenge facing our country today is that of poverty and as a result many able brilliant students cannot complete their secondary education which is a basic right. Many of them have had to drop out of school and the rate is very high. Many bright students who end up in boarding schools that are expensive are unable to continue or join because they cannot afford it. as a result, it is very important that we have this public databank that becomes mandatory for every public institution and any institution providing bursary to look at so that we do not have bias in the way the bursary is awarded. Sometimes you find, as hon. Members, the CDF being used for friends or relatives. So with such a databank, a Member of Parliament has no excuses but to give bursaries to those deserving. We also have the bursary kitty that comes through the Ministry of Education which, although hon. Members have been asked to give their chairman of the CDF to sit in the committee, does not have much influence on who ends up being awarded. Therefore, I hope that with this public databank, we can focus on the very needy."
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