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    "id": 1506655,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1506655/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kesses, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Rutto",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise on this matter because it is now evident that for the past few months on this Floor, we have been discussing issues surrounding universities. One of those is Moi University, a university within my constituency, which is currently in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The other day, we were talking about Egerton University, and there are also rumours circulating that Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology is facing similar challenges. Hon. Speaker, it is high time you gave direction to the Ministry of Education to begin to re-look at the charter of universities and how the universities are being managed. It is high time we re-evaluate the management and councils of our universities to ensure we have individuals with clear minds and a clear vision that is looking back at our institutions. This will allow us to protect our universities. Otherwise, we risk losing the glory that Kenyan education once held, a time when it was regarded across Africa and the world as the best and was capable of producing technical people who could be relied upon. However, with the current management issues and the direction things are heading, I fear that the quality of our higher education is declining drastically."
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