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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, even as I support this very huge allocation, you will realise that a figure of about Kshs253 billion is almost 15 per cent of the revenues that we raised in the 2018/2019 Financial Year. It is, probably, about 12 per cent of what is projected to be raised in the next financial year. I want to challenge the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research that, for a number of years since 2013, we have allocated money to the Digital Learning Programme both under the Ministry of Education and Research and the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology. One of the solutions that we should probably have in this country, in terms of teacher recruitment and a number of teachers that we have to pay is to use technology and innovation in educating our children. There is no reason why, in this day and age, we pride ourselves that we have given children digital learning equipment like laptops and tablets while one teacher… For instance, in my alma mater, Alliance High School, one or two mathematics teachers should be The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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