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    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. That is why I am pinpointing the areas so that when we get to the Committee of the whole House, we can propose some amendments. I am alerting the Chairperson about the areas which need urgent intervention. Already, we have made commitments on the CBAs and medical covers. We also have about 67,000 Government sponsored students in private universities. They require about Ksh1.5 billion. I know there is a policy not to admit Government sponsored students in private universities. Those students are in their third, fourth and fifth years. So, the Government has an obligation to ensure their money is remitted. We also have an issue with the new university funding formula. I want to laud the Government for giving resources, but we still need additional funding. As we look at the supplementary budget, technical education is very key. Majority of Form IV leavers need to be engaged so as not to be idle. We need plumbers, technicians and electricians. They will learn those technical skills from TVETs. There is a Government policy in Vision 2030 that every constituency should have a TVET. There are currently 52 constituencies without TVETs. I want to tell this House that it is important that every constituency has a well-established TVET with well-established trainers, facilities and machinery. All those will ensure students in those constituencies attend a TVET within their constituencies. In so doing, we are not going to have a country where we will always be seeking employment. We want a country where people are going to be job creators. It is from those TVETs that we are now going to have the young men to be mechanics, masons and electricians. All this is going to save the Government the headache of trying to get employment for each one of them."
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