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"content": "experience that I have, that boy and girl who is very bright will never at one time be sent away by the headmaster. The same student will continue to Form Two with the arrangements which could be local, and the false promises which are given by the parents that by the Fourth Year when this boy finishes, maybe after he passes his exams, certainly he will go to the university and that is what happens. But what happens is that those people who do not perform so well will not even be sympathized with by the community. But if a boy passes his examinations very well, the community will sympathize with him and pay for him all the fees arrears so that he can proceed with his studies at the university. That has happened, and you find that accrued fees arrears are paid after the four years. But there are times when such things do not happen. You find there are grievances which were there before, but the parents and the headmaster will not even feature anywhere. The students takes off, the parents take off and they have forgotten that the student was in school. That is the nagging problem that we are now facing, and that is why Sen. Musila is now agonizing; that the Motion has now come to the Senate. If the parents had agreed to meet the obligation by paying the fees on time, we will not be having problems of certificates of former students being withheld. Because as far as parents are concerned, the headmaster will hold that certificate on the promise they gave the headmaster. But when the students fail in their exams, the same thing continues. But the lack of information that we were discussing earlier in the Motion has made the parent suffer because of the ignorance that after the Form Four and maybe the Form Six; maybe after the university or the college, the certificate will be withheld. But what startles every other person is that you may have somebody in Form Four having accumulated fees balances of about Kshs80,000, but he will afford to go to the university after that and pay fees; or he may go to another college and afford to pay fees. So, you can, therefore, see that we get mixed reactions from the parents on their promises. So, Madam Temporary Speaker, these promissory notes could be false. I would, therefore, ask myself; what do we do to make sure that this money is paid? Because if you do not pay your fees now, of course, the principal will be held responsible and accountable for fees not paid, and he can be disciplined. The only discipline he can be given is sometimes to be sacked, because some roles are clearly stipulated in the Teachers Code of Regulations. For instance, if you do not collect fees, then you will be sacked; you do not even qualify or you are not even worthy to be the head of that school because you have not collected money. So, Madam Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Motion is asking us to address ourselves to the question: why does it happen? Why is the Government taking this long? Is it that they are realizing that there is a lot of money which is held by the parents? Is there a way that, maybe, you can get the parents to pay this money through other methods like through the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), because the CDF is there? Can the CDF, since it is about devolved funds--- I do not know, it is not devolved; but that money can be used to pay up the debts, and some provision is there. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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