26 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to make my contribution. I want to thank Sen. Wetangula---
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26 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I just want to accept that we are going to---
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21 Feb 2019 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. All things were moving on very well, Senator, before the handshake.
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21 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker. I hope you will give me some more minutes to make a conclusive summary.
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21 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Sen. Cheruiyot, for bringing this Statement to this House. It was quite unfortunate when I heard the same from the CS. We are headed to a very wrong direction in our country. The fact that most CSs are making sweeping statements on the streets that some people should be arrested is a signal to a dangerous position that requires a referendum to bring those people in this House.
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21 Feb 2019 in Senate:
First of all, I expected the CS to talk about giving free education up to university level. In this country, we are giving these students loan which is not enough. Let me bring to the attention of this House that the loans that our children are receiving today are equivalent to the ones we were receiving during our time, and yet, life has become expensive.
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21 Feb 2019 in Senate:
As I speak, most of the universities in this country are only offering accommodation to first year students. So many students who joined the University of Nairobi and could not get accommodation in the second year are at home despite the meagre loan being given and charged a lot of interest.
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21 Feb 2019 in Senate:
The Cabinet Secretary for Education should revise the HELB structures and even reduce the interest charged on the loans. It should not be like any other loan in the market. Our young people are suffering, like Sen. Sakaja said. We are punishing them instead of relieving them from the frustrations they are going through.
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21 Feb 2019 in Senate:
I thought that the Cabinet Secretary would talk about the internship programmes, to give these young people the experience that they require. Imagine every job opportunity requires five years’ experience. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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21 Feb 2019 in Senate:
There is a problem with the HELB as an institution. Some people told me that up to date they still receive messages reminding them to repay loans that they cleared five years ago.
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