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    "id": 875491,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwea, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Josphat Kabinga",
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        "id": 13441,
        "legal_name": "Josphat Kabinga Wachira",
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    "content": "would also urge that we move quickly and release the rest of the funds, especially to cater for bursary, so that we can pay school fees for some of our young men and women who are currently threatened with being sent home because of lack of fees. We have a policy requiring every child to be in school. We know that some of those kids come from families that cannot afford to pay for their school fees. Therefore, bursary becomes their only rescue. When bursary is delayed, we find it difficult to even go to our home areas. That is because the first questions we get are about bursary and we are not able to explain why we have the delay. As I conclude, may I re-emphasize the issue of equitable distribution of the NG-CDF as spelt in by the Constitution. I really feel it when I have to explain why I am not able to provide bursary like other constituencies in my county or other counties. That is because of the kind of constituency I manage. We have areas that were left behind historically. I am struggling with the Ministry of Education. I was there yesterday with a full report of an area called South Ngariama, with seven schools that are still at a risk. They are mud-walled schools and the classrooms can collapse any time. When I am with the PS, struggling to get resources to beef up whatever NG- CDF can give, with a 200,000 population in Mwea, I cannot get the resources that I ask from the PS. What I get is not enough, I really feel it. This is all about inequitable distribution of resources. This is an area that we must look at very seriously. I do know that there may be some few constituencies that fall under that class but, yes, they are there. We are suffering and we are tired of being referred to as thieves of funds because we are not able to do what others are doing. Therefore, as we look forward to amendments to the NG-CDF Act, we must look at the issue of distribution of resources with a view to making it equitable as clearly spelt out in the Constitution. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support and hope that the Committee will look at areas like innovation that they may not have checked. They may look at the issue of graders that we feel we utilise very well and see what can be done to retain them. I support."
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