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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emurua Dikirr, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kipyegon Ngeno",
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this moment. Before I prosecute the issue at hand, I also wish to pass my condolences on my behalf, my family and the people of Emurua Dikirr to the family and friends of those lost souls. It is very unfortunate in this age and era that such a thing should happen, especially within town. We expect such things to happen in the villages which are inaccessible. In Nairobi Town, it is very unfortunate. I even asked the Member of Parliament for that area whether the owner of that school has been arrested. I am told that he has not been arrested. Where is he? Policemen are always swift in arresting useless people who do not even have issues, including me. I was serving the Republic of Kenya and the people who elected me, but they fail to arrest the person who has killed more than seven students. That is very unfortunate. Secondly, I support this Sessional Paper. It brings out the issue of access to education. It is unfortunate that at times, although access to education in Kenya has been factored in the Constitution, there are still some areas which do not access education because of inequalities, absence of schools and money. I ask the nation and the Departmental Committee on Education and Research to seriously assess this issue of access to education so that our children, like other people’s children can access education. The reason why I was arrested is because I was trying to visit some schools in the Mau Settlement Scheme to ascertain whether or not they were closed. Currently, there are so many students and pupils who cannot access education in those areas because somebody who works for the Government has decided to illegally close the schools. Another issue I would have wished to prosecute is the 100 per cent transition to secondary schools. We support that idea because we want our pupils who sit for exams in Standard Eight to access secondary education and we should not end there. We should make a resolution as a country that as much as we need to have 100 per cent transition to secondary schools, we should have 100 per cent transition to university and colleges. Why do we have 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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