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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Melly",
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        "legal_name": "Julius Kipbiwot Melly",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Member is completely out of order. What was done publicly, for the good of this nation, is for the benefit of the teachers of this country. I want to support the Bill. This Bill is meant to rectify a number of issues that are not working well in our education system. By developing a data bank, it will enable us, as representatives of the people, to know which students have problems in the sub-counties. We shall know the bright and needy students. In some areas, we have a number of bursary funds from the CDF, the county bursary and even the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. That data bank will capture everybody. The Members who have spoken before me have alluded to the fact that they are also included in this. We went to school through the support of a comprehensive or organised bursary system. That data bank is very important. Two, we have the issue of the membership of the County Education Boards. I want to differ with Members who have said that Members of Parliament should not be members of the board. They are members by the fact that they play a key role in the development of infrastructure in those schools. Apart from doing oversight, Members of Parliament represent people. The fact that Members of Parliament participate in the County Education Board does not take away their legislative and oversight roles. In fact, they sit there in their capacity as patrons of CDF, which is the leading provider of infrastructure in schools and many other areas."
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