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"speaker_name": "Dr. Mwiria",
"speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that there are about 11,000 Kenyan students, as per 2006 records, who are pursuing university education in Uganda, due to a number of reasons. This is by no means an exodus, since most of our university students are still accommodated locally. (b) I am also aware that some universities have not been accredited by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education. Our Commission for Higher Education, however, does not do inspection of universities in Uganda, with regard to whether or not they are prepared to mount good academic programmes. Therefore, we are not in a position to comment on the quality of university education which is offered there. However, we have a list of both public and private universities, that are accredited by the Uganda Commission for Higher Education, which is available for the hon. Members who are interested. (c) The Government is doing a great deal to work with the private sector, by way of providing relevant incentives to expand university education, as well as restructure the Commission for Higher Education, to hasten the process of registering new institutions. As of now, we already have seven chartered private universities. Six universities have letters of interim authority and another six universities have certificates of registration, which allow them to operate as they await the final certificates, to have the official acceptance as university institutions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said, we have a list of both private and public universities in Uganda that are accredited, which is available to the public. There are four public universities, namely, Makerere University, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Gulu University and Chambogo University. There are 18 private universities, namely, the Islamic University of Uganda, Ndejje University, Uganda Martyrs University, Bugema University, Busoga University, Nkumba University, Uganda Christian University, Kampala University, Aga Khan University, African Bible College, and so on. I do not have to go through the whole list. I would be happy to provide it."
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