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    "id": 567200,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/567200/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Odanga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2286,
        "legal_name": "Geoffrey Makokha Odanga",
        "slug": "geoffrey-makokha-odanga"
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    "content": "publication of the regulations in the Kenya Gazette . As a result, there has been a huge outcry that has had a negative impact on the education sector. Articles 43(1)(f) and 53(1)(b) of the Constitution provide for the right to education and, in particular, recognise the fact that every child has a right to free and compulsory basic education. That is a question of human rights that has found enormous recognition in the international arena and, more so, the universal declaration of human rights. The violation of those constitutional provisions is found upon breaching the provisions of Section 29 of the Basic Education Act No.14 of 2013, where it is incumbent upon the CS to ensure that tuition is free and that no public school charges or causes any parent or guardian to pay tuition fees for or on behalf of any pupil in the school. The CS has absolutely failed to ensure that the objects of these constitutional provisions are realised and the law is adhered to. Consequently, many children have been kept out of school because of the inability to pay fees. Even in the situation where fees is paid as is the current situation, the CS has demonstrated a lot of incompetence as he has failed to promote education. Among other shortcomings, is his failure to spearhead the Hon. (Dr.) Kilemi Mwiria-led taskforce on affordable secondary fees education. Consequently, parents and guardians have continued to pay very high school fees since the CS has failed to enforce the recommendations of the taskforce. Even as he went out to issue guidelines on school fees, he has not followed up. Therefore, schools charge the fees that they believe they should charge. As a result, very many children have been kept out of school. The Presidential Secondary School Bursary Scheme, which has been very useful to the parents and children of this country, has been stopped under his watch. This has made very many orphans and vulnerable children to drop out of school."
}