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    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "That is where the problem lies. The model has not been marketed or publicised. I speak so because before I came to Parliament, I came from the lecture halls. I was the last group that got boom the first year. When they abolished the boom, we went on a serious strike. We stayed home for a year, and we had gone through a metamorphosis over time. You are aware that there is the Equity Bank’s Model, Wings to Fly, and there is a Presidential Award for Secondary Schools. All of them have been beset with various challenges of administration and management. As we stand here today, through the Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Education and Research, it is important that whatever it takes, let the Cabinet Secretary and the Ministry of Education take as much space in media, be it vernacular media, mainstream media, social media or any other form of communication to reach out to the people wherever they are. Let them take a crash programme to the Assistant Chiefs and other officials. Let us take them through the Members of Parliament for them to understand this model, and sell it to the people out there. A good idea will be lost because of the challenges of implementation, and of how it is framed. We are going to lose very many students. As the Chair has said, they are targeting 190,000 students. There is only one week before the first cohort joins university, around 24th August. How will they capture these 130,000 students? Parents are apprehensive and students are confused. Nobody knows what is happening. Can you imagine? I totally agree that we need to do it through the digital space, so that we digitise the economy. I do not accept paper application. It is becoming a waste, but we need to look at how far the 3G network is deepened, so that these students are able to reach various people. 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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