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        "legal_name": "Paul Kipchirchir Bii",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also want to join hon. Mohamed Diriye. This idea has come at the right time. It is a known fact that all over the world the key factor to development and growth of a country is education. Education should take priority in terms of funding. Even this Kshs 3,060 is very little. I know that the Kshs1,020 that has been in operation from 2003 to date has been very little. It has only addressed the issue of pencils and exercise books. We know of the shortage of teachers in the country. This is very little amount even to be used to pay the PTA teachers. This was a noble idea or a well thought out plan. If we asked ourselves: Supposing there was no free education from that time, how many children would be out of school? This has saved even the girl child. We know there are communities that do not take seriously the life of the girl child. This free education is universal to all children. Girls cannot be denied by their fathers an opportunity to go to school. I urge that as much as we support that this money be raised, we also try to use the CDF to build good schools. The shortage of teachers in this country is a problem and so is the issue of remuneration. We need to think on how we can improve on the teacher recruitment. The shortage is high and even if we provide this money that will cater for books and there are no teachers, the effect will not be big. I, however, support the Motion."
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