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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Okoth",
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        "legal_name": "Kenneth Odhiambo Okoth",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As Hon. Aghostinho has said, the Companies Act was a big book and as was noted by the Member for Cherangany, it demands that legislators work hard, following through on the work ahead and maybe engage strongly with the support staff from Parliament as well as the staff they hire for themselves - people who have the skills to help them to do their work. My comments will be on this issue of companies in Kenya. We need to ensure that on the implementation side, companies that are registered by youth and people with disabilities are clearly known and that they are given the advantages and empowerment to really participate in Government tenders and sector business, service provision and such like. That will bring a lot more young people out of poverty and give them an opportunity. The second one that I will be looking to speak about with the Leader of the Majority Party is that once we put a good system for the private sector to do their business, we will realise a lot of goals that we have in Vision 2030 and in the Government manifesto. When we talk about issues such as education where we are saying that in the next few months, the reality of free secondary education will be important, this is something I am going to beg the Leader of the Majority Party to ensure it happens, maybe miraculously or through serious legislative gymnastics. Let us make sure that we do not leave this House without having passed a law or an amendment to the Basic Education Act, clarifying the procedures in which we will spend the funding for free secondary education. The fact of the matter is that free secondary education is something we all agree on but Government schools in Kenya provide only half of the capacity. Half of the children in Kenya, whether they are in Nairobi, Kisumu or Garissa counties, are going to schools that do not belong to the Government and if we want to give them free secondary education, we will have to engage in public-private partnerships. I think in the sector The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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