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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/140559/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mwatela",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Andrew Calist Mwatela",
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    "content": "I would like to congratulate the Minister and the officers of the Ministry of Higher Education for a job well done. There is one area which I think requires all of us to think deeply and create some connection. That is the area of production and education. Very many times, as has been alluded to by Mr. Dalmas Otieno here, we need to give education but for what? I think time has come when industries should be encouraged to support universities to research in the areas of their production. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for example, a factory that produces a particular product which could be a beauty product, should be encouraged to fund research through the university so that the product is more qualitative and end up with greater benefits as an industry. The same can be said with agriculture and other fields of production. I think the Ministry of Finance, in particular, should think of giving tax breaks to industries and producers who engage in funding research. I am sure this, in the long run, will translate into a connection between the producers and the education institutions. Many a times, research in our universities ends up on shelves purely because the researchers did not have any intention to get their findings to be used for any purpose. Therefore, it is my humble suggestion that the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology engages the Ministry of Finance so that the Ministry of Finance starts to give tax breaks to industries that engage universities in research. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not intend to add anything more than this. To me, many of the things that have been said are agreeable. Indeed, we would like to move towards ensuring that we expand all our areas of education and quality education for that matter. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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