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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "student. I was quite happy to hear that some universities have some little scholarships that they give to those needy bright students. It is about time for us now to look at this. Are we increasing college tuition fees so that we can be able to set up endowments or are we increasing them because of the bloated administrative cost? Madam Deputy Speaker, I wish the Committee on Education would interrogate all public universities to see whether any of those universities, including the Kenya School of Law have any endowments. Universities in other developed nations and other African countries have endowments which they invest in stocks. They use the profits that they get to run the institution and charge little amount in terms of tuition. This is an opportunity for this country and for the Cabinet Secretary, who is very fast in saying that the students should bear the cost whenever there is a riot instead of investigating the reason as to why there are riots in those universities. Find out, what is the problem? Yesterday we were meeting with the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) board to try and understand why they are taking these drastic moves. One of the presenters, a board member, said that when they were doing a Human Resource (HR) audit, they found out that store keepers had a Degree in Biochemistry or a Masters Degree in Education, but they were asking themselves, why is it that this people are doing that job instead of seeking better opportunities? The answer is not quantum physics, but it is that there are no opportunities. Maybe that student has not even paid off their student’s loan that they get from this university. Madam Deputy Speaker, it would be very important for the Committee on Education - and I know the distinguished nominated Senator from Bomet who is the Chairperson - can investigate this further because she is a professor."
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