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    "id": 1498702,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1498702/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr Julius Migos Ogamba",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Education",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On the issue of the University of Nairobi, Department of Dental Sciences, we requested for a clarification, and we got a report about what they are doing vis-à-vis the challenges they had when the two professors left and what steps they are taking to ensure continuity in the learning. With respect to the particular equipment and laboratories that are dilapidated, this is a replica of everything that is going on in almost all the universities. However, I can assure you that we will make a point of bringing our universities back to what they used to be. I would like to answer the Question from Hon. Kaguchia generally because I do not want to go into the specifics. This is because, as we speak, we are taking action on the issue of governance in universities. Governance is a big challenge that has bedevilled almost all the 23 public universities. We keep saying in English that they are 'technically insolvent,' but I think they are insolvent. So, we need to ensure that, as we deal with the budget, we also deal with governance because you can give an institution money, but if the governance is wanting, that money will not do what it is supposed to do. So, we are doing something about it. We are currently doing something about the challenges that the University of Nairobi is facing. I do not want to go into the details because it is alive and active. Even as we speak, a team is working on it. But concerning what we will do to deal with the issues relating to incomplete projects in various universities, we have requested and directed that an audit be done for every university on the stalled projects and the costs required for them to be completed. We have also directed that no new projects should be started until those that are stalled are sorted out. So, we are doing something; we are cleaning up the space. We will also come back here frequently because issues relating to governance also affect communities. So, we will be coming back to get your support. As we implement those policies, some of them will be bitter. We will need"
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