{"id":208646,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/208646/?format=json","text_counter":80,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Dr. Mwiria","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":190,"legal_name":"Valerian Kilemi Mwiria","slug":"kilemi-mwiria"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, yes, there was a decision made in the Cabinet to upgrade this institution to a constituent college of the Egerton University. This is always a first step. I would also like to tell the hon. Member that, as a matter of fact, the President cannot declare an institution a university. However, according to the Act of 1997, the President may, after consultation with the Council, by an order published in the Gazette, establish a college as a constituent college of a university, declare an institution of learning, or of higher learning, or any other training establishment to be a constituent college of a university. Beyond that, it has to be an Act of Parliament that would make an institution a university."}