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    "id": 601544,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) S.W. Chege",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": "On the same, we are also proposing to amend the Act, so that we can empower the Cabinet Secretary (CS) to, in consultation with the National Treasury, develop and gazette regulations for provision of financial assistance to children learning in public or sponsored schools, who on account of financial hardship, experience difficulty in paying fees and other charges levied in such schools. This should be limited to an amount that would not increase the cost of education of such a child in a public school. Many children are not able to join Form One after Class Eight. Some corporates come in and assist these children, but it is also a right of every Kenyan child to enjoy basic education. This does not end at Class Eight. This Bill ensures that we have almost a 100 per cent of our children joining secondary schools. It also makes it a responsibility of the head teachers, the CS and the County Education Board to make sure that they maintain a database of the children who join Form One, so that we, even as Members of Parliament, do not have to dig deep to find out which child did not join Form One, because they lacked school fees. They should have a database that we can access. This will also avoid duplication where you have one child benefiting from the CDF, from some corporate that come in and the governor’s kitty, because they are able to present their cases. We are proposing to have a database to show us the number of children who have benefited from these kitties, and those who are still at home, so that we can reach out to them and make sure that they join high school. We seek to amend this Act, so that our children are not denied admission to public schools as long as they meet the criteria prescribed by the CS for admission to public schools. We also seek to delete some provisions. The original Act had proposed that we should give our children incentives to learn. That became a point of discussion and the question was what incentives we have to give to our children, so that they can complete the basic education. We want to further amend the Act to ensure that no students shall be held back in any class or expelled except with the concurrence of parents or guardians. We have heard schools taking advantage, just expelling students and telling the parents to just take their children and go home. 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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