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    "id": 374520,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/374520/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kang’ata",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1826,
        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. Pursuant to Standing Order No.44(2)(c), I hereby request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental on Education, Research and Technology regarding the status of loan disbursement to regular students in public universities by the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) for the last four years. There have been several incidents of less fortunate students in the regular programmes in public universities experiencing delays in disbursement of loans, especially those in the first year. We also have situations where the less fortunate students have had their applications rejected by the HELB without any justification notwithstanding the increase of the rate of the recovery of loans granted to former students. Public universities will be opening in August and September and if these students do not get the loans on time, they will be coming to the Parliamentarians to pressure us to give them bursaries under the CDF. Therefore, we should pressurize HELB to explain to us through the Statement that I am requesting as to why they fail to give students loans prior to joining universities. I, kindly request for that Statement."
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