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    "id": 88172,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to thank the Mover of this Motion because he has distinguished himself by the interest he has had in education matters during this Session. I hope the people of Vihiga have noted this because these are the kind of contributions that this country expects from us, as Members of Parliament. I have a compelling basis for seconding this Motion. This is captured in the noble letter and spirit of this Motion which to me, I can only see two arms. The first arm is that the Motion intends to increase, in fact, by tripling the amount of money the Government will allocate the HELB. I beg all Members of Parliament to support this. The second arm is that the hon. Member urges the Government to ensure that the management of the HELB is done properly. The hon. Member, therefore, suggests that we decentralize the operations of the HELB to make it more accessible to those who deserve if not all. It is very encouraging to note that just a few weeks ago Kenyans came out in their millions to give this country a new Constitution. Unknown to many Kenyans who voted maybe because their best politicians urged them to do so, by so doing, they have brought into force Section 53(1)(b) which makes education at all our learning institutions free and compulsory. If we will make education compulsory and free, we should ask ourselves where we want to drive these children to. Surely, from primary schools we want to drive all of them to secondary schools and thereafter to the university. There is, however, a very worrying trend in this country. If the Government does not stem it, we will create a time bomb that will explode in our faces sooner than later. I say this with reference to the census that was released yesterday. The census told us that whereas we have 9.4 million children in our primary schools, just after eight years, only1.7 million children will join secondary schools. Let us look at that dropout rate. After secondary school, it drops from 1.7 million children – the census results taught us yesterday - to only 198,000 children in all our universities. With 198,000 children in our universities, it means that only 2 per cent of the children who enrolled at primary school found their way to the universities. Even more worrying characteristic about that census was that the majority of these children who are at the university are actually from Nairobi, where the rich and moneyed of this country come from. We are, therefore, risking the creation of a class society. If we want to get rid of the tribal militia including"
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