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    "id": 711836,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mukwe",
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        "legal_name": "James Lusweti Mukwe",
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    "content": "condoning malpractices and embezzlement of these funds. Some of them issue wrong enrolment figures, flawed procurement procedures, bribe and hide crucial audit documents to conceal evidence. In some cases, schools receive fewer funds than expected based on the numbers of pupils enrolled. It is clear for everyone to see that in the education sector of our country, we do not have a challenge of resources to be spent. Kenya is the seventh highest funder of education in the world, more than any other country in Sub-Saharan Africa. The major challenge is how to manage these resources. It will be prudent for county boards to employ bursars to manage the FPE and NG-CDF money. Unless urgent measures are taken to reform the management of FPE and learning in public primary schools, literacy levels in the country will continue to decline even as taxpayers continue to be burdened by FPE in primary schools. As an intervention, I propose that the Government, through the County Education Boards, recruit well trained school bursars like in secondary schools to be responsible for the financial administration of the FPE funds within schools. These bursars must possess the technical, human and conceptual skills in order to be good financial planners. They should, therefore, be well equipped with relevant knowledge and skills to perform their duties effectively. In the EACC report, there are several other findings and good recommendations. This Motion notes that given their training and other managerial roles, head teachers are overburdened and not well placed to spearhead the recommendations. Therefore, bursars will be in the forefront of implementing the EACC recommendations and provide a more professional framework for management of all school revenues after undergoing thorough training in relevant bodies and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology on the administration of the funds. Sometimes when you have national events like music festivals, teachers are overburdened because of the distance they travel, for instance, from Western to Mombasa. Teachers are then forced to do virement which is not done procedurally. What they normally do is take money from one account and spend it on a different vote head. By so doing, the EACC found out that that is embezzlement or misappropriation of funds, and as such, FPE is not being run as it is expected by the taxpayers. Hon. Deputy Speaker, we also have repair and maintenance. We learnt with a lot of concern that if toilets cave in or collapse, FPE money is meant for their repair and maintenance. Unfortunately, the head teachers come to us and ask for money from the NG-CDF for such repairs. We wonder where the money for repair and maintenance goes. We need to get professionals to handle the FPE money and the revenues that are allocated to primary schools like in secondary schools. By so doing, this worthy cause will be realised in this country. The Government must, at least, do something so that this money is managed properly. As I sum up, I want to call upon my good neighbour, Hon. Wanyonyi to second."
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