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    "id": 220061,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/220061/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Mwiria",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 190,
        "legal_name": "Valerian Kilemi Mwiria",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I cannot table the qualifications of the 11,000 students here. However, I would like to say that there are many students who are in Uganda for whom we do not have any records. They make their own private arrangements. However, I can assure you, on the basis of experience, we know there are many students who go to Uganda because they are looking for a second chance because they did not make it to go to our public universities. Therefore, they go through A-Level and eventually opt to join Ugandan universities. There are many students who go to Uganda, we know that, with a D+ or C- but do bridging causes so they eventually enter universities in Uganda. A lot of this is about money and unscrupulous business people. It is up to all of us to pay more attention to the institutions that are accredited as per the information provided by the Commission for Higher Education. Mr. Speaker, Sir, just to indicate, last July, the Commissions for Higher Education from the three countries met to talk about collaborative programmes where we will be having this information much more in the public domain for all of us to see. However, we also have a responsibility, as parents and legislators, to ensure that we give some advice and seek a little bit more in terms of information with regard to the kind of institutions that our young people are going to."
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