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    "id": 368604,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Korir",
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        "legal_name": "Wesley Kipchumba Korir",
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    "content": "Thank you hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion as amended, and I would like to reiterate that education is liberation. For us to change this country and move it forward, we need to liberate our young men and women by educating them. The late of poverty is increasing in this country. We are becoming a country that really does not care about the poor people. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I stand here today because people cared about my education. I was not born in a rich family, but because somebody cared and gave me support, I am here today. That is why a couple of years ago, I went ahead and started a foundation to help needy people. Let us not all depend on the Government, but find ways of helping others. We hon. Members should come together I think on how we can help a lot of people. Hon. Deputy Speaker, one other issue is also about school fees, which is ever unending increase of school fees. Our schools have always increased school fees and it has become so high that middle class families cannot afford to take their children to school. The Government needs to come up with a mechanism to control the rising school fees for our children. The Government provides money for free secondary education, but still school fees are still too high that parents cannot afford. So, as much as we want to have that databank, as much as we want to give scholarships; if we do not come up with a mechanism to reduce school fees in this country and to tame the ever rising school fees, we will not help much. Hon. Deputy Speaker, as I support this Motion on establishing the databank, we have to be careful that that databank does not be corrupted to only involve children of friends. Let us make sure that we have more option. We should give people more options of finding ways of helping these children from poor families. You might be rich today and tomorrow you become poor, how about if you are not in the databank. Are you going to miss the scholarship? Let us not discriminate these people. Let us make sure that we find ways of including everybody and helping those who are needy. I call upon this House to support this Motion so that we can help the poor and also increase the scholarship amount that we give to CDF. It is currently 2.5 per cent; let us make it 3.5 or higher, because if we focus there, we are going to have a lot people. Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I support."
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