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    "id": 81806,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Ongeri",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am aware that some colleges are asking for full payment. I am one of the victims as a Member of Parliament for Nyaribari Masaba. I was faced by a poor child who told me that he could not be admitted to a college without the full payment. Consequently, we called all the Principals of TTCs. We discussed this matter which again was raised by the head teachers of various institutions in the country during the KEPSA meeting held in Mombasa. We have set up a task force over this issue and it will report in December, 2010 on how to deal with this matter. We have, first, to determine the unit cost of training a P1 teacher for two years and a Diploma Teacher for three years. Secondly, we have to determine the amount of fees subsidy that a teacher trainee should pay for P1 Diploma Course considering the rise in cost of living. Thirdly, we have to recommend the Vote Heads that the fees subsidy should meet and those that should be taken care of by the Ministry of Education. Fourthly, it should establish the percentage of needy students and recommend ways of cushioning them in case of fees increase. Fifthly, it should develop a harmonized scheme of service for the non-teaching staff in these TCs. Sixthly, it should establish the individual infrastructure needs for all the PTTCs and recommend courses that can run concurrently with the P1 courses. I am very much alive to that situation and that is why we have established a task force to specifically address this matter."
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