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    "id": 1123778,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kasanga",
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        "legal_name": "Sylvia Mueni Kasanga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Allow me to congratulate and thank Sen. (Dr.) Lang’at for that Statement. As we deliberate, and as the Committee on Education will deliberate on the issue of raising school fees for students in the university, it will also be very prudent that we begin to look at the workings of these universities. As the other Senators have said, it is true that the Auditor -General has flagged quite a number of struggling public universities. Some of them we were proud to have been associated with, we went to school there. We are who we are because of those universities and so they have to tell us really what is happening. World over, universities are the ones that set the pace for economics and development for the future of young people. They are the ones who set the pace for research and development. I am wondering and I keep asking myself, where are these endeavours? Where do we see these endeavors coming from our universities? Because if our universities really did what they are supposed to do in research and development, then they would be able to also attract a lot of funds that can help with their capitations, such that they are not just reliant on the students’ school fees, especially, for those who are government sponsored. So, Sen. (Dr.) Lang’at, as you engage with the Committee on Education, we are curious also to know what is going in our universities. Why are they having all these"
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