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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ojaamong",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Labour",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Sospeter Odeke Ojaamongson",
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    "content": "I think that the direction the Minister is taking is the right one, and I want to encourage her, especially with regard to the expansion of tertiary institutions and universities. I am saying this because I have an interest in my constituency. My constituents have been requesting this Government to do something for a long time now. They have also done their own part. We in Amagoro Constituency have donated about 150 acres to the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology. We did that two years ago. We have been expecting them to move in and start owning the piece of land, which is in Alupe. It would be a very good centre because Alupe is already established. We have buildings, including laboratories there, which we have given to the Ministry free of charge. The University that we wanted to partner with, Moi University, has already moved in and done renovations, but there is a lot of inertia from the headquarters to come and take up this opportunity. We have already talked to Moi University and partners from the private sector and elsewhere. We have been restrained because the constituent college has not been gazetted yet, so that all the stakeholders can move in to ensure that the institution begins to function. Unfortunately, and I think the Minister knows this, this Government might not have enough money to start anything. However, as a community, we have already moved in. We are prepared to attract other investors from elsewhere, be it the private sector and so on, so that they can come and put up institutions and provide our people with training. That will not be a local institution because it will serve almost the whole country. It is my plea that now that the Minister has indicated that she is going to be very aggressive in the expansion of university education, she is going to consider Alupe Constituent College of Moi University as one of the campuses and then support it as soon as is practicable. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), we MPs, are constantly challenged by students from our constituencies. They are not given sufficient funds by HELB. It is necessary that we Members of Parliament have a session with officials from the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, and see where the problem is and how best we can address it as a"
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