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    "id": 678748,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Anyang'-Nyong'o",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just wanted to follow up on what Sen. Wetangula said. We cannot run an education system on populist lines. Money resources are very scarce in this nation that if you spread them thin and if we allow multiple sources of giving bursaries to students, we will be playing populists and, therefore, not serious. If we are serious about higher or basic education, the Government should come up with a single policy of financing education. At the moment, education is in the hands of the national Government. Therefore, it should take the responsibility of financing education and leave governors, MPs and so on out of it because it is not working. That is being populists. In a country like the United States of America (USA) you will find that when education is under a state government, that state government has a clear policy of education. People know exactly what their entitlements are and if you know that you cannot qualify to go to a state university, very early, your parents begin saving money for you or you borrow money and you know when you will pay it. This idea of postponing or avoiding responsibility is not working. So, rather than seeking a private audience with my friend Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo, Sen. Karaba should go to the Cabinet Secretary (CS) in charge of Education and tell him that according to the Senate, this whole system of financing education is not working."
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