{"id":236562,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/236562/?format=json","text_counter":239,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to move a Motion of Adjournment on a matter of national importance regarding the crisis in public universities in line with Standing Order No.20. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, given the ongoing crisis in national universities; noting the contradictory statements given by the Government in Parliament and at various Press briefings; realising that there is an urgent need to promote dialogue that will help solve the crisis within the bounds of law and in the interest of the public good; this House do now adjourn to discuss the crisis in the public universities occasioned by a strike called by the University Academic Staff Union (UASU) as a matter of national importance in accordance with Standing Order No.20."}