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    "id": 1490091,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1490091/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. When I hear the story of Moi University, my heart bleeds. I left the University of Nairobi to come here. We had challenges but we managed to weather the storm. It also happens that my second born graduated from Moi University before it got into this mess. Most of the challenges we have in the universities are a question of governance. All these other stories like the National Treasury are just by the way. A university should not be a cost centre but a revenue-generating centre. Moi University has assets and brains. Why can they not generate income? This is an indictment on the education system of this country. We need to be realistic. The Committee needs to get hard on the Vice-Chancellor and Council Members. They should get out of their comfort zone of forever depending on the National Treasury. They should look for money. The new funding model system assumes the cost for each programme has been adequately calculated. If a student is paid for the university, they should ensure things run smoothly, there is teaching materials and lecturers are paid. As I conclude, I want to urge all the universities to pay the statutory payments they deduct. You can imagine if one wants to get a government job they cannot get a tax clearance certificate because the university did not submit their taxes. You want to take a loan from your Sacco, but you cannot get it because your shares are not up to date. As we speak now, the same malady is affecting the Technical University of Kenya, across here. Very soon, you will also see the same shutdown we are witnessing at Moi University. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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