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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) S.W. Chege",
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No. 44(2)(c), hon. Daniel Epuyon Nanok, the Member for Turkana West Constituency, requested a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology concerning the establishment of low- cost boarding primary schools in Turkana County. I would like to respond as follows. The establishment of low-cost boarding schools is a strategy by the Government of Kenya to ensure improved access to quality basic education for children from nomadic communities living in ASALs and other marginalised areas. The strategy allows nomadic pastoralists to take their children to such schools as they move from place to place in search of water and pasture for their livestock. Under Expanded Education Opportunities Programme (EEOP), as an investment programme, the Ministry disburses a capitation grant of Kshs3,303 per child for boarding expenses and Kshs3,000 per support staff as top up towards their salaries. The funds are disbursed in two tranches in September and January. Currently, the Ministry of Education funds 400 low-cost boarding schools with an enrolment of 113,624 pupils. However, there is a huge deficit in the funding for those schools, amounting to Kshs422,901,000 to cater for the new low-cost boarding schools and increased enrolment in the existing schools. There is an appendix on the same. As per the Printed Estimates for 2014/2015, the budgetary allocation for this category of schools has remained constant. It is, therefore, highly unlikely that funding will be for the new requests. The criteria for selection, approval and establishment of low-cost boarding schools stipulate that schools should:"
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