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    "id": 711982,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Zakayo Kipkemoi Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I would like to say I support this Motion. In supporting I want to say that since Independence our country has been talking about universal education for all. As a country, we have not done well. We have not gotten beyond 70 per cent. Countries like Zimbabwe are way ahead of us yet they have fewer resources. In supporting this Motion, this is only a knee-jerk reaction to a situation which is unfolding that we have not achieved our targets and we want to make it efficient and improve on the managerial ability by proposing that we get bursars in primary schools. As a country we need to start thinking of how we can make universal education free, affordable and available to all our children, so that we can have an improved quality of life. We should also industrialise after having an educated population. For a long time we have been talking of free education. We started with the first President talking about fighting three ills which include ignorance, poverty and disease. We then moved to free education. We also talked of free water by the year 2000. Why have we not achieved all these? There must be something wrong about our policies and our commitment to the goals we set. We are producing papers for the whole world to use and implement yet we have not reached a position of achieving our goals. I have spoken a bit on this and support it. I would like us to look at our policies and ensure they are operationalised. Thank you for recognising the Member for Kuresoi South."
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