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    "id": 1431426,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "I have also seen changes in the State Department for Higher Education and Research. I have a particular concern. If you go to the Schedules, a charge of Ksh250 million is going to the Open University of Kenya on recurrent expenditure. I have been informed that is very well justified. There is, however, an increase of Ksh250 million of the Government of Kenya's sponsorship to students in private universities that I completely disagree with. I was just engaging with the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research to see indication. We have changed the funding model of university students and how they are sponsored through the Government. There was an increase in the annual estimates of Ksh150 million which was reasonably considered by the Departmental Committee on Education and Research, and agreed. I see the Budget and Appropriations Committee has had another increment from Ksh250 million to a total of Ksh400 million. Therefore, we will be engaging with the Chairmen of the Budget and Appropriations Committee and Departmental Committee on Education and Research so that we can make the requisite changes as we move to the Committee of Supply tomorrow. Many of our public universities are in dire need. This is whether it is Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, South Eastern Kenya University, Tharaka University, Chuka University, or Meru University of Science and Technology. All our public universities are in dire need of resources. I know many of them engaged in very ambitious development projects, many of which have stalled. As a House, we must also ensure that we put our resources to items that follow the policy set out by the Government. If the Government’s policy is to move to a new funding system, resources must then be moving towards that and not away from it. We will be engaging on that."
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