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    "id": 1506650,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1506650/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Central Imenti, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Kirima",
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    "content": " Yes, Hon. Speaker, I am an alumnus of the same institution. Sincerely speaking, there is a problem with our universities as we speak, and unless we eliminate political interference, those institutions will continue to deteriorate. If you look at the boards of management and the councils of universities, many of the individuals who are appointed to those bodies are driven by personal interests, rather than the interests of the university or its students. They are dumped there. They do not represent the public interest but rather, their own, as they are often appointed as a result of losing political positions elsewhere. Those individuals are then placed in the university council roles without a clear manifesto or policy on how to improve the university. It is just a resting place for many of them. When they get there, they remove the vice- chancellors or administrators who do not agree with them, and that is what happened to Professor Kiama. That is where the problem lies. So, I am requesting the Departmental Committee on Education, Hon. Speaker, which, like us, is also a political body because we are politicians and cannot separate politics from ourselves, to ensure that when they investigate that issue, they do so with clarity and provide the real reasons behind the decline of our universities. It is a terrible thing."
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