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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ezekiel Machogu",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Education",
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        "legal_name": "Ezekiel Machogu Ombaki",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. There are three main reasons that informed the policy of admitting Government- sponsored students in private universities. First, is the legal framework. The Universities Act, 2012 established the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) Board. Section 56(1) of the Act provides that the placement service shall coordinate the placement of Government- sponsored students to universities and colleges. Section 2 of the same Act defines the “university” as a university to which a charter has been granted. There is no distinction as to whether it is private or public for purposes of placement of Government-sponsored students. At the same time, Section 56(3) of the Act requires the placement service to establish a criterion to enable students access the courses for which they applied taking into account the students’ qualifications and listed priorities. The law, therefore, placed value on the choice of a student for purposes of placement and this is the legal framework for which private universities were based. I will request Members to go to The Hansard because there was serious discussion in this honourable House in 2012. Hon. Members, if you look at The Hansard, you will realise that there was an argument to put “public” in the Bill and the public item was actually removed by this honourable House. Therefore, it provided the loophole in the legal framework for what was now non-admitting Government-sponsored students to private universities to be done since the year subsequent to that Act. 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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