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    "id": 1228812,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will take two minutes to contribute and then read my Statement. I rise to support the Statement by Sen. Mwaruma on the HELB. I only want to put across one thing; that is, sustainability of HELB. Once upon a time, as it has been said by Sen. Cherarkey, I was the Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology. Our interest at that time, in 2012, was the sustainability of the HELB. In fact, we hired a banker by the name Mr. Ringera for that one reason. We wanted somebody who would look at things differently, behave like a bank and loan consistently. If the delay is because of Government, it means there is no sustainability within the HELB itself. As the Senate Standing Committee on Education looks into this question, I think they should grill the HELB executive and committee on that one fact of when it will be sustainable. They must show us how they are going to make it sustainable in the long run. If we do not make it sustainable, we will be hitting at Government instead of ensuring that the HELB recovers money in time to be able to take care of the loans. I will leave it at that. When our students suffer in university, they become agitated. They disrupt everybody, themselves and their academic programme. We know that a hungry child is angry always. So, let us help our children so that they can get the support. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, may I now then read my own Statement."
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