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    "id": 421711,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Obure",
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        "legal_name": "Christopher Mogere Obure",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to request the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Education, Information and Technology to tell us if the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Science and Technology is aware of the number of students in various day public secondary schools in Kisii County who have been sent away from school for failing to pay levies imposed by the school. Secondly, I also want to know if the Cabinet Secretary will agree that this is a violation of the national government policy which guarantees free quality secondary education for Kenyan students, including those in day public secondary schools. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to know if the Cabinet Secretary is aware that allowing schools to levy extra charges to cater for other non-tuition fees has opened the window to lock out students from very poor families from accessing free secondary education. Lastly, if the Chairperson could outline what measures the Cabinet Secretary is taking or intends to take to provide interventions to protect the very poor students who often find themselves victims and are unable to utilize tuition already paid by the Government in those schools."
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