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    "id": 1490082,
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    "speaker_name": "Bumula, DAP-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wanami Wamboka",
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    "content": " The Committee I chair ordered a forensic audit on this university. I am sure at the end of the day we are going to get somewhere. But as we do that, the student is fundamental in this entire matrix. Students are complaining that this university has not held a graduation for about three years. It is unfair for a student to go to school, finish the degree and not graduate. The university should facilitate that and ensure that that is done with urgency. Workers, lecturers and non-teaching staff are really suffering in this university. Let us prioritise these people because most of them are even dying of blood pressure and stress- related illnesses. Most of them have loans and they cannot survive. Let the Chairperson, as he prioritises this, please, bear in mind … I am looking at the finances that have been released by the National Treasury and they are insufficient. These people are in a very big hole. The National Treasury needs to go out of its way to give something big to this university. I had a discussion with the Vice-Chancellor and the money they need immediately is in excess of Ksh2.5 billion just to keep them afloat for about two months. We must continue pushing the National Treasury. We need a commitment from it. No one understands why the National Treasury does not release money that this House has budgeted for universities. We budget for these monies which are supposed to be released to universities, without which universities cannot operate. It is my desire that as we engage the Ministry of Education, the monster in the House is the National Treasury. This cuts across almost all universities. I think Multimedia University of Kenya is going on strike next week. This is the situation in many other universities because the National Treasury is not releasing money which this House has appropriated to the universities. As we continue to work together, Hon. Melly, let us ensure that the student, who is at the centre of all this thing, does not suffer and that lecturers, teaching and non-teaching staff are taken care of. Another big issue is the statutory payments. The retirees' money is missing at Moi University. They have been deducting monies from people who have worked for years, but when the time for retire comes, these people do not get their money. Where did these monies go to? Much as we want the National Treasury to come in and bail out this institution, we must also go down and ask ourselves very serious questions. Who took the retiree’s money? I thank, Hon. Melly. Let us continue pushing and ensure that we have sanity at the end of the day. We need to be very clear regarding the issue of management. As we set up a caretaker committee, we need to be very clear with the terms of reference and how we are going to move forward. If we are not careful, we are just duplicating the same people who have made the situation in this university worse by bringing another committee to work with the same people. In our considered opinion, we need an overhaul in the management of Moi University. Let us not fear. I also thank Hon. Rutto. This university is located in his constituency. He has been attending all the meetings that we have had with this university. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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