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    "id": 914353,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.225(2)(b), I wish to report to the House a Petition submitted by Ms. Mutheu Kasanga, the National Chairperson of the Kenya Private School Association (KPSA), an umbrella organisation representing private education institutions in the country, registered by the Registrar of Societies in accordance with the law and duly recognised by the Ministry of Education. THAT, the Association, which has a membership from private education institutions pursuing a curriculum approved by the Ministry of Education, aspires to provide alternative opportunity for the realisation of the right to free and compulsory basic education to all children as espoused in Article 53(1)(b) of the Constitution; THAT, the recent Government initiative of 100 per cent transition from primary to secondary school in conformity with the 2018 Policy for Reforming Education and Training for Sustainable Development has congested and outstretched infrastructure and facilities in public secondary schools beyond what they can handle, hence likely to compromise quality and standards of education; THAT, as a consequence, enrolment in private secondary schools has also grown and has brought on board many students from less privileged families who strain to pay full school fees charged by private schools without Government capitation; THAT, in keeping with Section 29(1) of the Basic Education Act and Ministerial Circular No.MOE.HQS/13/3 on guidelines on the implementation of free primary and secondary education for 2019, the Government budgeted Kshs22,244 for every Standard VIII pupil captured in the NEMIS System as a measure to facilitate 100 per cent transition from primary to secondary school in 2019; THAT, whereas the Government is remitting capitation for students admitted to tertiary institutions through the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service irrespective of whether they join public or private tertiary institutions, the same principle does not apply to basic education;"
}