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    "id": 88182,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eng. Rege",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Kwanya Rege",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I would like to support this Motion, but I will be very brief. Education is at the bottom of my heart and in my constituency, it is priority number one. I want to ask the relevant Ministry to give HELB loans to all Kenyans who are seeking higher education, including those in technical schools and training institutes. I would like to see education being priority number one in this country, based on what I saw in Cuba. Education is a big investment for any particular country. Three-quarters of students in institutions of higher learning are from very poor families which earn less than Kshs1,000 per month. Those families have, at least, more than two students in institutions of higher learning. It is most probable that they have sold almost everything that they ever owned in their homes to educate their children. We want to see Kenyans achieve better living standards. If we continue to tax them so that their children can go to school, I do not know where this country is heading to. I support this Motion by asking the Government to make funds available for all students who have achieved C+ and above who would like to achieve higher learning. They should get 100 per cent financial assistance so that they can achieve education and bring development to this country. The Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology has not been given good funding. I would like to see the Ministry expanded to take care of higher education. When that is done, Kenya will get to where it is supposed to be in terms of academic achievement, industrial development and better living conditions. So, if we do not start doing that right now, Vision 2030 will find us at the bottom of the pot. I support the Motion."
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