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    "id": 1035277,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "I also want to speak to the amendments relating to the Universities Act. The Chair of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security, Hon. Koinange will agree with me that even in our television discussions, we see many people whenever there is a terrorist attack calling themselves security experts. If we ask who they are and what training they have gone through, we realise many of them are police corporals who probably left the force unceremoniously but masquerade as experts in security. Therefore, part of the provisions of the Universities Act is to create specialised institutions that will award degrees in security matters. At the time the world and this country is confronted by the challenge of terrorism, issues to do with the crime of money laundering and narcotics, we need degree awarding institutions that will confer degrees to people who have trained specifically on security matters so that when people claim to be experts in security, they would be people who have been trained by institutes or universities that have been accredited and given charters by the Commission for Higher Education. I therefore support this particular provision on Section 2 of the Universities Act. I have amendments to that effect. I have also seen amendments from the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research and the Leader of the Majority Party. We are also in discussion on what to do with the amendments."
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