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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "the one because he is very diligent. Hon. Temporary Speaker, you can also bear witness that whenever he takes your seat here, he is also very diligent in articulating other issues on other Bills and Motions. It is encouraging to see that new Members have taken their work very seriously. As he has said, the Open University of Kenya will expand the access to university education for many of our people. Hon. Temporary Speaker, our Constitution guarantees access to basic education. We are at a point in this country where university education is almost part of basic education and it is a fundamental right that is guaranteed to all Kenyans. Access to university education should be available to Kenyans irrespective of the background of their families and irrespective of where they come from. Every Kenyan child should access university education. Through the Open University of Kenya, our country now joins the league of developed nations that have used e-learning and distance learning to expand access to higher education for their youths. Whether you are in Wajir and Marsabit counties, Kikuyu and Kisumu West constituencies, you will be able to access university education. I have heard this afternoon that there are rampant cases of insecurity in Kisumu Town West. I believe if the young people in Kisumu Town West and other parts of the country had access to higher education and e- learning, they would not be engaging in crimes because they would have expanded their skills and knowledge to access job opportunities online through the ICT hubs that the Government is keen to set up in our constituencies. I hope that as we embark on our recess today, we will utilise the time to guide our communities on public participation and ensure that in every ward we allocate funds through the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG- CDF) to establish the ICT hubs. The ICT hubs will also serve as part of the training centres where our youths who have cleared Form Four can access the Open University of Kenya because they provide free Wi-Fi. They will attend online classes as the rest of the world is doing. It is indeed true, as the Chair and the de facto Vice-Chair have said that many of our children today access university online. In my family, my sister pursued her Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from the University of South Africa online through distance learning. We have been expatriating resources from our country to foreign universities. The Open University of Kenya offers our country a golden opportunity to tap into the resources of other students in our region. We cannot continue priding ourselves that we are leaders in the larger East, Central and Southern African region when our universities are not accessible to foreign students. (Technical hitch) I do not know why the Clerk-at-the-Table is sabotaging my contribution. I was going to touch on …."
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