{"id":678743,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/678743/?format=json","text_counter":177,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Wetangula","speaker_title":"The Senate Minority Leader","speaker":{"id":210,"legal_name":"Moses Masika Wetangula","slug":"moses-wetangula"},"content":" Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the answer, the Chair should also tell us the Government policy or the policy guidelines of the Government on bursaries. I say this because I encounter a lot of students every other day. You will find that a student in the university with a fee balance of about Kshs80,000 per annum is granted a bursary of Kshs3,000 and these are children from destitute families. If we really want to give bursaries to students, they must be meaningful bursaries. It is better to give a few students full bursaries to learn than spreading meaninglessly thin to a level where they are of no effect. A student may turn up with a bursary cheque of Kshs5,000 and the school receives it and sends them back home 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"}