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    "id": 872494,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13188,
        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to seek a Statement from the Committee on Education on the delay in disbursement of money for free primary and secondary education. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 48(1), I rise to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Education on the delay by the Ministry of Education in disbursement of money to public schools. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Explain the reasons for the inordinate delays by the Ministry of Education in the disbursement of funds for free primary and secondary education. (2) Enumerate the number of public schools that have so far received the funds vis-à-vis the number of public schools in the country. (3) State when the funds will be released to the remaining schools. (4) State the measures being undertaken by the National Government to develop a sustainable framework to address the issue of delay of the disbursement of funds to public schools. I am a Member of the Committee on Education and, thus, will be part of the Senators who will be doing this investigation but it is important for it to go into the Hansard. It should be on record that there is concern for money to be disbursed in schools at the right time for the sake of ensuring that head teachers and principals are able to manage their schools. There has been an outcry that some head teachers are not able to manage the day to day running of the schools simply because the funds have not been disbursed in good time. A school as an institution has its own issues. You will find that a school has many bills to clear such as electricity and water bills and children are also in school. Without money at the right time, it will be difficult for head teachers and principals to run the school on a daily basis."
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