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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Soy, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Kiplagat",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to thank the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Education for that Statement on challenges the students are undergoing in terms of applying for university allocations through KUCCPS. My only problem as an expert in ICT, with over 15 years of experience dealing with online application is that it is not normal in this era and age of digital technology, that we create a system without testing the issue of bandwidth, connectivity and the number of users. Such that it works when it is rolled. I also have a student who is supposed to apply through KUCCPS to join first year. We have even tried waking up at midnight, at 4.00 a.m. for purposes of trying to apply, but it has been difficult. I am wondering if we are in Nairobi and we cannot apply, then you can see the challenges somebody in Turkana or Mandera has. We need to get serious. The technology is there. We have had inventions to date. We even have cloud computing that can facilitate us in terms of giving the entire bandwidth and servers that we need for the students to apply. This House needs to be assured that from today, students can apply for the courses online without further delay. The time for the application should not be more than 10 minutes. We should save the students from waking up at midnight or 4.00 a.m. to see whether there is a space to apply. It is a pity to the ICT industry and professionals like me, when you create a 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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