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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Tuya",
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        "legal_name": "Roselinda Soipan Tuya",
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    "content": "exhausted. This includes the clause on the most favoured nation and the implication of delay in ratifying the agreement given that Kenyan goods have been attracting higher import taxes. The Committee has scheduled a meeting with the Cabinet Secretary to seek clarification on the status of this very important issue. As I will be speaking later on about some key challenges that we are facing as a Committee, despite several correspondences to the Cabinet Secretary, we have had to postpone meetings more than three times because of the unavailability of the Cabinet Secretary. We will be talking about that challenge later on as a Committee because cabinet secretaries are flouting the Standing Orders in terms of reporting back to the House. It is not just in the Standing Orders, but the requirement for cabinet secretaries to report to Parliament is a constitutional requirement under Article 153 of the Constitution. We need to create more awareness on House Resolutions. As a Committee, we feel that some cabinet secretaries are taking House Resolutions casually and as non-binding statements. This should not be the case. On the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, we have three resolutions which we have initiated follow up. One of them is the Resolution on establishment of girls’ boarding schools for both primary and secondary schools in ASAL areas. This is based on a Motion that was moved by Hon. Hassan Dukicha on 19th June, 2013. On this Resolution, again, a very critical one, the Committee noted that eight boarding primary schools were established in the ASAL areas in the 2013/2014 Financial Year. Further, three secondary schools namely, North Eastern Girls, Isiolo Girls and Moi Girls, Marsabit received Kshs25 million each for infrastructure up-grading. Each girls’ boarding school in the ASAL areas also benefitted from Kshs190,476 to mitigate the effects of drought during the 2013/2014 Financial Year. However, on this, we have engaged the Cabinet Secretary to provide us with a clear statement. We noted that the information that was provided was inadequate and the funding levels were very low. When you say that each boarding school gets Kshs190,000 in the ASAL areas, that is a very minimal budget. We have, therefore, scheduled a meeting with the Cabinet Secretary, once again, to seek clarification on how the programme can be expanded to cover more pupils."
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