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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kagwe",
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        "legal_name": "Mutahi Kagwe",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, first and foremost, I congratulate the Government for the policy to expand the national schools across all counties. It is a good thing, especially towards what the Chairman has just said on national cohesion. In fact, I am believer that many schools as possible should be made national schools. Our children should live and integrate with each other from as early an age as possible, so that the future Kenya can be stable and less tribal than the current one. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, having said that, I want to seek clarification on two things. First, the Chairman has told us that 18 ‘old’ national schools like The Alliance Boy High School, Alliance Girls High School, Maseno High School and others were given Kshs48 million per school. The new ones like Kagumo High School, Lugulu Girls School and others were given Kshs25 million. Actually, logic would have it that it should be the reverse, because The Alliance High School is already established; it already has the infrastructure. Kagumo High School does not have the infrastructure for a national school. This question arose when I went to Kagumo High School as the guest of honour on their parents’ day. I realised the stress the school is in as a result of the shortage of funding. There are students from all over the country and their boarding facilities are bad. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am not against the Alliance Schools getting the Kshs48 million because there can never be too much money in those kinds of schools. What I am against, and I seek that it must be corrected, is that at the minimum, they 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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