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    "id": 601911,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/601911/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Okoth",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, education is a right in our Constitution. Parents and Kenyan citizens of all cadres pay taxes through VAT, Pay as You Earn, rents and others. This money goes into the common pool as a resource to be used by our country, our leadership and our Government to guarantee, safeguard and deliver on promises to our people. There are many rights, including rights to water, housing and healthcare. However, let me talk about the right to education. A few months ago, this House debated a Report by a Committee that was chaired by Mr. Kilemi Mwiria. We had a Motion for Adjournment and discussed that Report on the right level of fees to be paid in Government schools. Parents have already paid, through their taxes, for those schools to be established and for the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to hire teachers. Despite that, you find that there are still hidden fees which amount to illegal taxes that schools are still collecting."
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