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    "id": 611961,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Michael Aringo Onyura",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is surprising that we spend so many resources – time and money – setting up taskforces like the one which was led by Kilemi Mwiria. They did a report and brought it to us, but nobody seems to be paying any attention to it. I do not know whether this is being done out of defiance. That is because the Ministry of Education cannot pretend that it does not know what they are charging. The calling letters are all over. Just pick up any invitation letter and you will see the kind of fees that are shown there. Some are fairly crafty in their letters. You will find that on page one, they give the fees structure as per the recommendations and, on page two, they have a whole list of things that need to be bought by the parents, and which the children must go to school with - costing up to over Kshs.50,000. On page three, they start enumerating other levies and charges which are even much higher than the school fees. So, the whole cost of taking a child to school adds up to almost Kshs.100,000. The Ministry of Education should take charge and make sure that their directives are obeyed. There is no need of everybody lamenting from the top down to the peasants in the village. This morning, a parent called me while crying. That lady had gone to school with Kshs20,000, which she paid in cash. However, after that, she was told to go back with the child because they demanded, at least, Kshs40,000. How are we going to take our children to school in this kind of environment? The Ministry of Education should take charge and control the situation. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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