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    "id": 1498680,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mukurweini, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kaguchia John",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. In the same breath, on the issue of the University of Nairobi, we seem to be having an administrative challenge where the Chairman of the Council of the University, Prof. Amukowa Anangwe, seems to be wreaking havoc. He seems to have removed the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Stephen Kiama, even though he had only four months to complete his term. Of course, he wished to have the same contract renewed, but he was not only removed as a Vice Chancellor of the university, but his professorship as a faculty member at the University of Nairobi was also revoked. The Cabinet Secretary should explain to us what could be so bad that you sack or remove a university Vice-Chancellor just about four months before his renewal, and then go ahead to sack him as a university professor. That is unheard of and has not been seen in this country before. The same Chairman of the University Council has also transferred many staff from that institution as if he were an executive chairman and yet, he is not supposed to be involved in the day-to-day operations and running of the University. For example, he has transferred the Registrar Administration, Mr Benard Njuguna, to Kisumu, and the Estate Manager, Mr Andrew Buka. The University of Nairobi, again, perhaps, to ensure that the Chairman of the University Council has an overriding say in that University, has ensured that all the senior positions remain vacant. The position of the vice-chancellor is vacant - the same as that of the deputy vice-chancellors. There is no single one in office. Even the finance officer, procurement manager, chief medical officer and chief security officer are not in office and yet, all those are important positions in running the university. In the absence of people in those positions, we have people acting in those capacities. What has happened is that the Chairman of the University Council has now taken on the responsibility to run those positions. I do not know whether the Cabinet Secretary is even aware that the Chairman of the University Council has even secured a house within the University to stay and sleep in!"
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