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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Rotino",
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        "legal_name": "Philip Lotiolo Ruto Rotino",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to join my colleagues in supporting this very important Bill. At the outset, this Bill is very important. It has come at the right time because it is meaningless and futile for a student to study for four or eight years in school and then not sit for the examination finally because the parents could not afford the examination fee. When the Government has given the offer to make the school programme free, they should also make all examinations completely free for all levels from Class Eight and Form Four. Most of us who come from Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) areas have a lot of challenges. Even as we speak, many of the children in my constituency, about 100 of them never sat for examinations last year except Form Four examinations because their parents could not afford examination fees. Those who paid could not meet the deadlines. This is because schools give deadlines of paying examination fees. They were The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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