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    "id": 1009666,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Rarieda, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Otiende Amollo",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Otiende Amollo",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I wish to support the Petition. In doing so, we should take cognisance of the fact that there appears to be a conscious decision by the Government, particularly the Ministry of Education, to discourage opening of campuses and recentralising them. That policy should be reconsidered. First of all, the Constitution of Kenya requires decentralisation and access to services all over the country. The idea of opening campuses is in keeping with the spirit and letter of the Constitution, and their closure directly negates that requirement of the Constitution. Hon. Speaker, secondly, we are aware that we live in a country where, for almost four decades, we were guided by Sessional Paper No. 10 of 1965, which appeared to concentrate resources in areas that were deemed to be productive, and those resources included educational facilities. There are many parts of this country which did not benefit from having a university and the closest they came is by having those campuses. When you close down those campuses, you will be going back to that Sessional Paper that created injustices for many decades. It is also true that in many instances, the decision to set up the main universities followed the leadership of this country. Apart from the University of Nairobi and Kenyatta University, most universities that were established later followed that pattern. The only way to defeat that pattern is to allow other areas to have satellite campuses. In my view, our question should be: Does the campus have proper facilities? Are we maintaining proper quality and standards? If we are, there 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."
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