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    "content": "Committee and I saw what good hearted people can do. We saw significant contribution done by philanthropists. Personally, I have benefitted extensively from the philanthropists because I got a Rockefeller Foundation and Ford Foundation scholarships. I was a bright student, but I was unable to raise the funds. I benefitted from philanthropists who fund the foundations. There are Kenyans of that nature. One of them is Sen. Musila who contributed to this debate. I expect Sen. Muthama to also join other philanthropists in future. I hope that I will also be fortunate to entrust my resources to a trust or a foundation where millions of children in ages to come will benefit and make a contribution to the society. Madam Temporary Speaker, I know that the Teacher Service Commission (TSC) is an employer of teachers, including the head teachers. This amendment has freed the teachers from being responsible for the examination and some other funds for the school. However, there are other school funds that the head teachers should handle. I understand the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology is trying to make an amendment in which the heads of institutions are directly under the Ministry, so that they can be accountable for the rest of the funds which are used to run the schools. I am sure that we will support our teachers when they will be running the institutions because they are very important. Finally, there is an intervening period before the Bill takes effect. We know that the funds used to sustain our schools have been coming from parents and those interested in education. We need to safeguard these institutions from auctioneers who are very hostile. They have, probably, supplied items to institutions and they are demanding their money. It is also important that we establish an interim kitty to ensure that our institutions continue to grow until the arrangement that will be brought about by this amendment comes to fruition and is useful to the country. Various other arms of the Government are able to sustain the students because needy students are not just in secondary and primary schools. We are aware that there are university students who experience serious struggle and are almost discontinuing their studies as a result of a similar thing that happens in high school. Although we have the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), at the national Government, we know that the county and national Government are supposed to cooperate in activities that support the country. It may just be important to advise the county governments to set up an equivalent form of help that can fund some of the university students who are desirable with the brains that we need to build this country in the future. Madam Temporary Speaker, none of the Senators who have contributed has opposed this Bill. I, therefore, join them in supporting it."
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