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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kimaru",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Mutahi Kimaru",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Indeed, it is painful; it is a shame; it is immoral; it is illegal and even unconstitutional to have children in this country at this time miss out of school and, more importantly, the national schools. As much as we might want to ignore the fact, national schools are important. That is where the top brains of the country meet. They do not only meet to socialize - which is also very important to create national cohesion - but they meet to compete and to have the best opportunities to advance their knowledge. When poor children fail to get opportunities in national schools, that is an injustice. On the basis that they are poor, they are denied that opportunity. All measures must be taken to ensure that education is affordable; not just at the national level, but all the way down to the village schools. The Government that we have cannot fail to deliver this vital service. Being a Government that we love and a Government that we believe is capable, it cannot run away from that vital responsibility. Children who should go to national schools must go to national schools even if they are poor. We know that national schools at times are expensive, but subsidies can be introduced. In the 1970s, that used to be the norm. Why can it not happen today until that reality is realised?"
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