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    "content": "two reasons. The first one has to do with the fact that they will be held liable for allowing the assets of the school to be taken away; assets being the school fees that is due to the school. Therefore, the Bill, as it is proposed now, will then remove that problem from the head teachers because the role of the head teacher is simply to issue the certificates to the education officers and the education officers will deal with those issues. So, we had to deal with the matter that the headteacher would be liable for school fees that has not been paid in terms of protecting the teacher so that the head teacher is not sued by the school or the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) about the certificates. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, one of the things that I am proud of in my political career is a school called Rev. Muhoro School for the Deaf and another one called The Kihate School for Orphans which I personally started. The Kihate School for Orphans is a secondary school where we admit students who do not or are not supposed to pay school fees because they are orphans. If somebody is an orphan, who in God’s name will she or he go to, to get school fees paid; nobody? In recognizing that the HIV/AIDS was rendering many children orphans, that is when we decided to start Kihate School for Orphans and students there do not pay school fees. Originally, those children were being housed by families neighbouring the school. Eventually, we built a dormitory for both boys and girls. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the reason why this Bill appeals to me so much is because where, then, would these children get the money to pay for those certificates? Therefore, we support and applaud the Mover of the Bill so that we can remove this shame. Indeed, we can only call it a shame in our society. We should go further and eliminate all fees and consider secondary school as basic education which should eventually be free. I am sure that – my friend, Sen. Wetangula, will be very happy to hear this – as Jubilee continues to rule Kenya now and in the next Session, we will ensure that we create a situation where children will go to school for free."
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