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    "id": 611887,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. J.K. Bett",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Kimaru Bett",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute on the subject of school fees. Even though education is a fundamental right for every kid, there have been great disparities in school fees amongst national schools, provincial schools and day schools. The question that Members beg to understand is why it is that certain national schools charge fees of Kshs 100,000 while others charge fees of Kshs 50,000 and are able to manage the schools within the financial year. This calls for the Cabinet Secretary and his Principal Secretary to make sure that if there are schools in the same category, the variation in school fees between School “X” and School “Y” should be more or less the same. Otherwise, we will believe that schools are now being used as conduits and avenues for corruption. It is even mentioned through the grapevine that certain County Directors of Education are colluding with certain principals of certain schools so that they cannot---"
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