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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chanzu",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think they understand what I mean. With that I beg to move and say that the idea which all you know, being highly educated people is that, the theme now is, universal access to education for all. This is the essence of having these kind of Motions coming. Thank you for being here and taking notes. I am sure you will be able to implement this. You do not have to do it in a hurry. Let us implement some of these things. If you look at reports of commissions in which the Government has spent a lot of money, when it comes to implementation, it is a big problem. I looked at the Koech Report briefly, if we put in place some of those recommendations--- They spent a lot of Government money going round and taking people’s views but when it comes to implementation it is a problem. I am happy that we have competent Ministers here who will be able to look into this gradually. They will, of course, take into account the issue of budgetary constraints. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think by virtue of some of our positions we are able to get access to a lot of problems that people go through. I want to give you an example. Yesterday when I was leaving home, a student came to see me. He had been admitted to Moi University on a parallel degree programme to study a course in Computer Engineering. The fees is about Kshs200,000 for the programme and about Kshs38,000 for the regular programme. I was thinking about how I could help this student because I have seen students from poor families coming from secondary schools and excelling. So, I decided to call the Vice-Chancellor of Masinde Muliro University to see whether we could make a comparison. He was already at the airport coming to Nairobi but he gave somebody’s name. I gave the student the bus fare and sent him there. When he came back he told me that the same course can be studied at that place at Kshs120,000. Of course, he did not talk about the regular one. I was trying to get Wangila to talk to this boy because he also got a B+ (plus). If he can be a bit patient he can be admitted to a regular degree programme and save. But he is pushing me because he thinks a Member of Parliament can pay. I am trying to negotiate, buy time so that Wangila can get to him and tell him that he can get the other one. I think what he does not want is to lose one year. This is the reason we are bringing these kinds of issues and I hope they can assist the Government. With those few remarks, I beg to move."
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