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    "content": "“Every head of a public institution of basic education and training shall not later than 28th February of each year develop and submit to the Sub-county Education Board and a copy to the County Education Board, a list profiling the performance and conduct of learners in their institutions in the preceding year whose parents or guardians are unable to pay school fees for.” I thank God because hon. Members of the last Parliament did a lot with their Constituency Development Fund (CDF). They made sure that students stayed in school by paying their school fees. We need to laud them for that. Now that we have restructured the CDF, I hope Members of the National Assembly will concentrate more on education of our children. It is a pity to see a student who qualified to join Alliance High School learning in a day school in a village because his parents could not to take him to school of his choice. We expect hon. Members to use their CDF money wisely and pay school fees for the needy students in their constituencies. If they do so, those young men and women when they complete their education, they will transform their villages. Now that we have a lot education infrastructure across the country, let us concentrate on equipping them and posting teachers there, so that our students can reap maximum benefits. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I participated in two different functions with a governor to raise funds for the needy students. In one functions, the governor said he had spent more than Kshs75 million in paying school fees. That got me worried because education is a national function and we have the CDF money. Poverty is very much entrenched in our society. Therefore, there is need to assist the less fortunate among us so that they can take their children to school. I hope these boards will monitor and make sure children from disadvantaged background complete their education. I do not want to see the prevailing situation whereby children of the benefits from the CDF kitty. That will be very unfortunate. We also need to request our counterparts from the National Assembly to give more money from the CDF for purposes of education and not the Kshs2,000 as they having been doing in the past. This board must ensure that they track the students they are supporting to enable them finish school. The role of the board should not just be to write reports. They should ensure that they give the report to the relevant authorities that are able to pick up the matter and ensure that the children receive sponsorship to enable them to complete their studies. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Clause 11 of the Bill states that when Section 39 of the principal Act is being amended by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph “h” that puts in place measures to ensure that children who meet the criteria for admission to a public secondary school, but fail to gain entry into or are likely to drop out on account of inability to pay school levies, are supported to complete secondary education. That paragraph captures what I was saying. We need to have a database of every bright child in the village. If we have 30 needy cases in Sagana Village, the board must make sure they complete their education. It is unfortunate to see young children selling groundnuts on the streets of Nairobi in the evening. We must have structures which will help those children from Kawangware and Mathare to go to school. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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