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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am talking about money that is being spent by the Government. I am not talking about the Ministryâs expenditure. This is money that could have been used to build an additional university to cater for our children. I am happy that the Permanent Secretary in this Ministry was the former Vice- Chancellor of one of our national universities, Nairobi University, and he understands very well, the problems that lecturers are facing. He was one of them, he headed the department. It is high time that the Minister, through her Ministry considered upgrading the pay of our lecturers. The problems we have been going through when lecturers go on strike as they try to demand for better pay, that time would have been used to offer quality education to our children. I want to give a very good example. The microphone I am using now is not made in Kenya. This small item is imported, and we are not about to manufacture ours any time soon. This microphone was either manufactured in China or Hong Kong. It is time that the Minister put firm emphasis in the research department so that it is funded to the maximum. This will help us to reach a stage where we can produce our own items. Electric cables are all imported. Even the machines that produce plastic water bottles are imported. So, what are we doing? It is up to the Ministry to make sure the research department is funded, so that we can compete with the rest of the world. It is a shame to see that even the machines that produce the buttons of our shirts are imported. Even machines that manufacture small items like nuts or wheels are all imported. Kenya has got the capacity to fund its own research and we can achieve the best."
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