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    "content": "I do not want to belabour the point that my colleagues have alluded to on why this is important. I just want to say that I am certain that the Ministry of Education and our institutions have the capacity and the mechanism to know who is very needy, who is from a poor family or who is an orphan in a school. The mechanisms are in place and can be followed to see that these children get their certificates and go on with their education. We know that most of these needy children will be the breadwinners of their families later. However, we will be curtailing that by not giving them their certificates and we will have determined their future. It is important that this Motion is implemented. I also urge our county governments and those who are in charge of the CDF and the bursaries from the Ministry of Education to see to it that they give the very needy children and the orphans these bursaries. We understand that the running of these schools depends on school fees. If they had this money, which is allocated to bursaries and if it reached the very poor and the orphans in our counties, we would not have so many of them not having cleared school fees by the time they sit for their examinations. I would also like to say that in this country, we have made great strides to see that basic education is accessible to all through the Free Primary Education (FPE). We also need to follow this up to see that these children are educated in secondary schools. We should also see that our institutions of higher education are accessible to all the children in our country. I would like to echo the sentiments of my colleagues and to thank Sen. Musila for this very important Motion. I would like to conclude by saying that education is what will bridge the gap between the rich children and the poor children and ensure that they also lead a meaningful life."
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