{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=139296","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=139294","results":[{"id":1409361,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1409361/?format=json","text_counter":144,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Table 4: SNE Secondary Top-Up Financial Year Requirement Budgetary Deficit Amount Provision Utilized"},{"id":1409362,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1409362/?format=json","text_counter":145,"type":"heading","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"2022/2023 400,000,000 200,000,000 200,000,000 199,982,700 2023/2024 506,000,000 200,000,000 306,000,000 139,990,846"},{"id":1409363,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1409363/?format=json","text_counter":146,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"In the FY 2022/2023, the Ministry required Ksh11 billion for Free Primary Education, it required Ksh11,815,000,000. The budgetary provision was Ksh11,811,734,102, the deficit there was Ksh3,265,898. In FY2023/2024, the requirement by the Ministry for Free Primary Education was Ksh12,328,000 whereas the budgetary provision was Ksh12,001,036,900. The deficit here was Ksh326,963,100. Table II on Special Needs Education Primary Top-up the requirements for the same year, FY2022/2023 Ksh856,000,000 whereas the budgetary provision was Ksh455,000,000, deficit was Ksh401,000,000. For this Financial Year, the requirement was Ksh1,328,000,000 whereas budgetary provision was Ksh455,000,000. There is a deficit up to now of Ksh873,000,000. So, Hon. Speaker when you look at the free day secondary school in the same years you will find that for free day secondary school education there was a deficit of Ksh17 billion for the FY 2022/2023 and for the FY 2023/2024 there was a deficit of Ksh23 billion. When it comes to special needs, secondary school top up, again for the same years FY 2022/2023 there was a deficit of Ksh200 million and in the FY 2023/2024 there was a deficit of Ksh306 million."},{"id":1409364,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1409364/?format=json","text_counter":147,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"},{"id":1409365,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1409365/?format=json","text_counter":148,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"So, Hon. Members the funding gap is significant especially given the growing enrolment in our learning institutions. The Ministry has continued to make appeals to the Departmental Committee on Education and the National Assembly in general to enhance the budgetary provisions so that learners can be funded at the approved rates. This under-funding poses a serious threat to the quality of learning in the institutions, especially those with learners who have severe disabilities. The special needs education institutions need to be supported adequately to acquire the relevant assistive devices and learning resources depending on the nature of disabilities and also to pay the non-teaching staff and care givers. Learners with special needs require more resources including a staffing ratio of 1:1 for those with severe disabilities."},{"id":1409366,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1409366/?format=json","text_counter":149,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"In the Kabarnet School for the deaf and blind, which has been identified by the Hon. Joshua Kandie, for example, there are 81 learners with a teaching staff component of 32 teachers who have been employed by the Teachers Service Commission and support staff of 22, 12 of whom are permanent and ten are casual staff. These ratios are below optimal. The inadequate funding also means that the support staff are underpaid. Indeed, presently, the school has a pending bill of up to Ksh4.7 million in unpaid salaries for support staff. This situation leads to demoralisation of staff and a high staff turnover, thereby undermining smooth operations in the schools. The Ministry is therefore beseeching the Departmental Committee on Education to support it in securing the optimal budgetary allocation required to ensure that our learning institutions, including special needs institutions, operate smoothly and efficiently for the benefit of the learners. With funding at the approved rates, the schools will be able to provide the required resources to the learners and also timely pay support staff."},{"id":1409367,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1409367/?format=json","text_counter":150,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"From an operational perspective, the Ministry disburses capitation to learning institutions in three phases, 50 per cent in term one, 30 per cent in term two and 20 per cent in term three. The Ministry always promptly prepares the disbursement schedules for funds to be released by the National Treasury. However, the Ministry sometimes faces delays in making actual disbursements to the schools because of delays in the release of exchequer from the National Treasury. The Ministry, however, always makes efforts to follow up to ensure a timely release of the Exchequer from the National Treasury. By way of example, the Ministry has provided a copy of its letter dated 13th April 2023 under reference No. MOSCCT1/03Vol5 as evident. This year, the capitation for Term 1 has been disbursed to all schools, including special needs institutions. The Kabarnet School for the deaf and blind has received Ksh791,000,662 as capitation for Term 1."},{"id":1409368,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1409368/?format=json","text_counter":151,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Speaker, I wish to confirm that we invited the Cabinet Secretary to our Committee and at the same time also invited Hon. Joshua Kandie, the author of the Statement to our Departmental Committee on Education meeting and the Hon. Member was satisfied with this Statement."},{"id":1409369,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1409369/?format=json","text_counter":152,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Thank you, Hon. Speaker."},{"id":1409370,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1409370/?format=json","text_counter":153,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Thank you. To the next. This time paraphrase, you have taken too long on that one. This is for Hon. Owen Baya."}]}