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    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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    "content": "and families, but there was also no demonstration that there had been a regulatory impact assessment done on the regulations. On that count, these regulations must be annulled. There is a lot happening in the education sector. One key thing is that the presidential taskforce is making proposals which would have found their way into some of these regulations. The taskforce recommendations were blatantly ignored in these regulations. That forms another basis for the annulment of these regulations. There is a whole issue of the revocation of chartered universities. That issue denies the right that universities and learning institutions have in being able to enjoy the privileges that come with the charters that have been accorded to them. If they are revoked without due process, it is injurious to institutions, learners and the entire communities. Finally, the premium we have put on university education in this country ought to be rethought. We are a developing country and we should start thinking about technical secondary schools, universities and polytechnics so that every learner that goes through high school should not be willing to just take up a professional course in the name of a degree. The degree products that we have in this country have become a burden. If we liberated our education in a way that some students take up professional courses as others take up technical courses, you will find there will be use for the youth who end up in technical courses in the development of our country. Today, every learner wants to go to university and get a degree that will condemn them to tarmacking for years. Even as we annul these regulations, maybe it is a wake-up call for us to rethink the entire policy around how we train our population for the future and the development of our country. I support the proposal by the Committee to annul these regulations in their entirety. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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