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    "id": 398685,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Macharia",
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        "legal_name": "Jacob Waweru Macharia",
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    "content": "have even opened personal briefcase bookshops to supply these books. Finally, as a result of the high commissions they are asking from booksellers, we end up getting very few books getting to schools and we even have instances where books are supplied and they are later taken away, we do not know how but the books of accounts of the schools indicate the books have come. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, so, therefore, I would also urge hon. Diriye probably to try and look at the procurement strategy as he makes this a Bill of the Government. This is because in other countries like Namibia, Botswana and Zambia they have FPE all right, but the books are not channeled through the schools because the head teacher’s main occupation is to teach. The books are channeled through tenders by booksellers and publishers where the Government should pay the bookshop directly and the teachers and committees should only place orders. This will help us stop instances that I am talking about here where teachers waste like one or two weeks in their teaching careers hunting for kitu kidogo from booksellers. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, finally, out of this money that has been allocated here, we know that part of it is supposed to pay subordinate staff. We know that this FPE money does not come on time and, therefore, as hon. Abdullahi Mohammed Diriye puts this as a Bill, he should also insist that this money should come at the beginning of the term because sometimes it takes long. These people have examinations to take; they have subordinate staff to pay and most of the times when teachers ask for Kshs20 from the students, the parents are up in arms saying: “It is FPE and free is free and, therefore we cannot pay Kshs20 because it is free.” Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I appreciate this Motion and I support it."
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