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    "id": 216486,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Mwiria",
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        "legal_name": "Valerian Kilemi Mwiria",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, I think it would be inaccurate to say that universities have opened \"kiosks\". Secondly, the hon. Member has said that we know the Senate will not be interested in checking the standards of these colleges and that is why we should get the Commission for Higher Education to do that. I have said that we made this recommendation through Sessional Paper of 2005 through the inspection report of the universities. We will ensure that the Commission for Higher Education is strengthened to also evaluate standards in our public universities. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we must also come to terms with the fact that it is the same Members of Parliament who are always complaining that we have 680,000 students who are meant to join university, but we can only admit 10,000. Obviously, the best way is not to have institutions that are not of any quality. The same hon. Members have said that a lot of our students have gone to Uganda to low quality institutions. We should see how we can strengthen the institutions that we have got, given that we have this dilemma of what to do with the many Kenyans who cannot find places in our universities. The way to do it is to strengthen what we have started and see how else we can establish other institutions that can expand the opportunities even more. I do agree that we must get the Commission for Higher Education to evaluate standards in all universities and not just private universities."
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