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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mumma",
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    "content": "(a) Do the national Government and county governments engage in any intergovernmental collaboration to align the curriculum and training in the county- managed Vocational Training Centers (VTCs) with the standards in the nationally managed Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions? If so, could the Cabinet Secretary explain the outcomes of the engagements in respective counties? (b) Could the Cabinet Secretary also outline steps being taken to encourage private investments in infrastructural development around VTCs, TVET institutions and universities to address the shortage of student accommodation facilities? (c) Could the national Government consider advancing conditional grants to county governments to support urban planning and development of basic infrastructure, such as water supply and sewerage systems, in areas around tertiary institutions to further attract private investment? Mr. Speaker, Sir, please, indulge me for two minutes to explain that bit. The reason I am asking this question is because it is now clear that when you set up universities and national institutions, they trigger peri-urban growth. I was a chair of Sigalagala National Polytechnic and the first chair when it was formed as a national polytechnic. It rose from learners’ population of 2,900 to 13,500 by the time I left. Anybody passing Sigalagala can see that it has so much population. There was no intergovernmental conversation around growing Sigalagala as a peri-urban area. So, if we operationalized intergovernmental conversations, then the national Government as they declare national polytechnics and universities would be compelled to also give conditional grants to develop the relevant peri-urban infrastructure to support those learning facilities. This is the context of that question. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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