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    "id": 882487,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kathiani, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Robert Mbui",
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        "id": 1750,
        "legal_name": "Robert Mbui",
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    "content": "(i) School level - Kshs46 per pupil; (ii) Sub-county level - Kshs15 per pupil; (iii) County level - Kshs10 per pupil, and; (iv) Regional level - Kshs5 per pupil. THAT, the meagre funding of Kshs46 per pupil left to schools under the financing arrangement is not adequate to sustain the mandatory co-curricular activities in primary schools and the regular purchase of consumable co-curricular equipment; THAT, if the situation is not mitigated, many budding talents in public primary schools may fail to blossom for lack of the opportunity to go beyond school level; THAT, efforts to have the Ministry of Education review its capitation on co-curricular activities upwards or approve supplementary levies to be charged by schools have not yielded satisfactory action, and; THAT, the matters presented in this Petition are not pending before any court of law or independent body. Therefore, you humble Petitioners pray that this National Assembly through the Departmental Committee on Education and Research: (i) recommends to the Ministry of Education to consider upscaling of Government capitation for co-curricular activities in public primary schools from Kshs76 to a minimum of Kshs150 per pupil or more with a view to avail sufficient activity fees at school level; (ii) causes the Ministry of Education to initiate an audit of the cost of co-curricular activities per pupil at school level with a view to recommending a reasonable capitation for co-curricular in subsequent sporting years; (iii) recommends that the share of the said capitation of sub county, county and regional levels be submitted directly to the relevant offices, and; (iv) makes any other order or direction it deems fit in the circumstances of the matter. And your humble petitioners will ever pray. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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