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    "id": 1249251,
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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": "If the allocation to private universities was Ksh4.1 billion, it is the responsibility of this House to revise the figure downwards. Even the Ksh2.4 billion as the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education has said, we require to look at it critically. One other thing we found, not only in private universities, but also in public universities, is that we do not have proper data. We are starting the Information Management System, an equivalent of NEMIS that we have in the Directorate of Basic Education so that we can monitor the movement of students in private and public universities such that we do not give funds to students who are not in those universities. But in the meantime, we will carry out a forensic audit to establish the exact number of Government sponsored students in our private universities. Concerning TVET institutions, Members are aware that we have three categories. Out of our TVET institutions, 71 TVET institutions are complete, but have not been provided with the required equipment for them to undertake their respective mandate. We are in negotiations with China and soon we will get the equipment. We have signed the contract for provision of the equipment. I hope in three months’ time, we should get and access the equipment that will be given to the 71 TVET institutions. The second category are institutions which were undergoing construction and because of one reason or another, funding was inadequate. We have requested this august House to provide us with funds so that we can provide for those ongoing TVET institutions so that we can complete them and subsequently, provide them with equipment that would enable them to start."
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