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"content": "Let me begin by appreciating and thanking the good Senator for his thoughtful effort in crafting this Motion. May it go on record that sometime last year in October, I stood before this House to second the same Motion. In doing so, certain leaders from different areas, notably the Governor for Bomet County and the Senator for Bomet County, who is here and may wish to expound further when he gets a chance, took great offense at the contents of the Motion, the mover’s amendments, and my own sentiments in seconding it. I want to go on record that no single Senator in this House would be foolish enough to oppose the current bursary system as it exists. This is because it still affords our children the opportunity to access basic education. Let it go on record that I, Sen. Raphael Chimera Mwinzagu from Kwale County, am not calling for the absolute scrapping of bursaries as they are. Rather, we are engaging in a discourse, a conversation on steps and measures to ensure that Article 43, 53, and 55 of the Constitution hold true meaning for our children. Ultimately, there must be free basic education for all. I ask that you underline the words, “free” and"
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"content": "all”. The current bursary system, as it stands, does not guarantee free education for all students. Thousands of students apply for bursaries, but only hundreds qualify, leaving many others without support. What happens to those students who do not receive bursaries? Secondly, we must have a conversations as leaders and politicians to try and de- link politics from the future of Kenya's young children. It is wrong for a politician to use a bursary programme as a sole political tool for campaigning. I was shocked the other day when certain leaders, whom I will not mention because they are not present to defend themselves, went around funerals and public barazas, castigating some of us for advocating for the scrapping of the bursary program. I was even more shocked when some claimed that Sen. Chimera grew up in privilege, never knew hardship, his father was a rich man and did not understand why our people depend on bursaries. That is not the point. I have struggled. I come from a normal Kenyan family. My father was a low-ranking civil servant in Kwale County. He struggled to put us through school. I am a beneficiary of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) from Lunga Lunga Constituency, Matuga Constituency and Kinango Constituency. Madam Temporary Speaker, you will notice I benefited from three different NG- CDFs. This was only possible because my father had access to sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) by virtue of his work. That does not make him a rich man in the society. I wonder what happens to the young child in Kwale County whose father has no connections, not even to the village elder. That tells you that such a child will ordinarily be unable to benefit from this programme."
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"content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, this programme speaks to inadequate funding to our students. It can be said that the good Senator is seeking to consolidate bursaries because I grew up with bursaries. Of course I benefited from bursaries. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "Two weeks ago, I joined the MP for Msambweni in a beautiful ceremony when he was issuing cheques worth about Kshs14 million to students drawn from Msambweni Constituency. I have done the same with the area MP for Lungalunga Constituency. I have done the same with the area MP for Matuga and also the Woman Representative, hon. Fatuma Masito, under NGAAF. I have done the same with the MP for Kinango Constituency."
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"content": "We are not fighting our colleagues who are running bursary programmes, but let us be truthful and honest in the way we do our politics. Let us sanitise our politics. You should not go round saying that Senator so-and-so is on record calling for absolute abolition of bursaries."
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"content": "Let me remind people about what we have committed as bursaries especially by county governments. I come from Kwale and we have a robust bursary initiative run by the County Government. It used to be Kshs400 million, but now it has increased to Kshs500 million per year. That is money set aside for our students. Every ward in Kwale has about Kshs25 million for bursary under the Elimu Initiative. It is a beautiful initiative because at least, I can confidently say here that the people of Kwale have improved on literacy levels. For far too long, we have been marginalised."
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"content": "About 20 years back, getting someone to join university was a celebration in my village. Even as late as 2009 when I joined the University of Nairobi (UoN), that is Parklands School of Law, my entire Mtumwa, Shimba Hills, Majimboni and Tawia villages celebrated."
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"content": "When I got to campus in Nairobi, I met friends the likes of Karanja Kamotho, Michael Ng’ang’a Njoroge, Sammy Gathogo, and Daniel Ngugi and to them it was just normal. I mean coming from Kikuyu land and joining university was a normal thing to them. However, for me, it was a true hallmark of an achievement because very few people from the Coast would have a chance to join university to pursue a degree in law, engineering, and all that. That speaks to the issue of marginalisation. Even as we seek to consolidate bursaries into one unitary scheme, we must be alive to the fact that we might still end up marginalising certain regions."
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"content": "When you look at the funding around it, if you look at each of the 290 constituencies setting aside say Kshs60 million, that gives you around Kshs17.4 or Kshs18 billion thereabouts. If you assume that every county has set aside Kshs0.5 billion for its bursary programmes, that is about Kshs25 billion."
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