{"id":1561410,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1561410/?format=json","text_counter":198,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Eldas, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. Adan Keynan","speaker":{"id":41,"legal_name":"Adan Wehliye Keynan","slug":"adan-keynan"},"content":" Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Garissa University is the only university in the entire region of Northern Kenya. You are also familiar with the history and the circumstances of that university. I do not need to belabour this. By now, I thought the university would almost be a publicly funded university with branches in nearly every sub-county of the entire region. I am sure you are aware that this region is nearly 70 per cent of the land mass of the Republic of Kenya, with a growing population. The only university there is still struggling. Students are learning under trees. We have made passionate appeals. I am glad the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Education is here. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."}