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    "id": 221827,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/221827/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Mwiria",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Valerian Kilemi Mwiria",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, they remain public universities. I would like to remind the May 15, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1297 hon. Member that even outside Kenya, if you go to other countries, there are always opportunities where students pay much more than the others who are not on scholarships. So, what we are doing in Kenya is asking students who can afford to pay fees for that education so that many of those who cannot are supported by the Government. It is a way of the universities raising some money to get along. We do appreciate, of course, that, unfortunately, quite a high percentage of students are now in the Parallel Degree Programme. One of the reasons is that the public universities have been tying admission to bed space. However, we are now saying that beginning next academic year, universities should not tie admission to available bed space. That will open up opportunities for many more students who will join through the public school system and will not make public universities commercial and private as they currently look."
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