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    "id": 830696,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwea, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Josphat Kabinga",
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        "legal_name": "Josphat Kabinga Wachira",
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    "content": "Kangu and Kandongu primary schools, Kangure Secondary School and many others, that I am struggling to get land for. If I were to put my NG-CDF to the need for land for the schools, then I would not do anything else. It is for this reason that I support the Motion. We need to put some mechanism in place so that we can identify all the needs out there, document them and present them to the Government so that land can be acquired. There are many ways of acquiring land. It is high time we also looked at land that has been grabbed and approach the grabbers in order to repossess the land in form of compensation to some of the schools. There are a number of schools that were initially allocated a good portion of land. Today, that land has been reduced to a very small portion. We need to put that mechanism in place. Access to education is not a choice. It is a right. Our children must access education. To do so, there must be a plan. We should either put more money into the NG-CDF for us to acquire the land that is required or we have a separate fund that will cover the needs and prevent the problem that I foresee in the future. Many schools are expanding. There is a school in my constituency called Ngurubani Primary School, which has a population of 1,400 students, but it cannot expand further. I, therefore, need to look for land in Ngurubani Town to start another primary school. Left with my NG-CDF only, I will not be able to do that. I am, therefore, appealing to Members to support this Motion so that we can have a properly documented need of land for schools in this country. There should be one plan and policy that will solve this problem once and for all. I support the Motion."
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