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    "id": 98668,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/98668/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Ongeri",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 124,
        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
        "slug": "samson-ongeri"
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    "content": "That categorization was based on a joint study carried out by the Ministry of Education, the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID and Kenya National Audit Office (KENAO) Value for Money Programme during the Financial Year 2008/2009. The objective of the study was to determine the amounts of free primary education grants received by every school and instructional materials/textbooks purchased on subjects and class basis from 2003 to 2008. The 2009/2010 allocations were thus based on the findings and recommendations of the above study based on five categories below. If adopted, there will be a paradigm shift for a targeted funding strategy as opposed to the previous approach of giving a flat rate to every enrolled pupil. Category one, textbook pupil ratio of less than minus 2.4. The allocation for the first tranche was Kshs852 and the second tranche. Therefore, allocation per child for the whole year including the capitation which was available is Kshs1,704. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, category two were the textbook pupil ratio of between 2.5 and 5.5. The first tranche is 183, bringing the allocation per child to Kshs366. Category three, where the textbook pupil ratio is 5.5 to 7.4; the allocation is Kshs92 bringing it to Kshs185. Category four is 7.5 and 9.4 is Kshs64.50, bringing it to Kshs129 per child per year and more than 9.5 category five is Kshs50.50, bringing the total per child per year to Kshs101. This is a targeted approach. It means, therefore, that the schools with the lowest textbook pupil ratio, that is category one, will be given higher allocations compared to schools that have much better textbook pupil ratio, category five. This categorization will ensure the effective utilization of the limited free primary education tuition funds for quality education. Mr. Temporary deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue of the variation in the quantity of textbooks from 2009/10 financial year despite new schools that have few textbooks, some schools have already attained a textbook/pupil ratio of one to one. Thus, schools with a textbook/pupil ratio of one to one do not need the same amount of funds as those in category one, where the textbook/pupil ratio is less than 2.4. Third, is that the above decision is based on the above mentioned study that informed the variation in the free primary education allocation. Fourth and lastly, on the"
}