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    "id": 262969,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/262969/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Mwiria",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology",
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        "legal_name": "Valerian Kilemi Mwiria",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, now, about the parallel programmes, I appreciate hon. Shebesh, hon. Mwathi and others who have picked on that issue; it is very painful that universities are open to you if you can pay. It is a serious problem that we talk about bed space and capacity but it is not an issue when you are a rich student who can find that space. It is also not a problem for you to study medicine or architecture and one year in advance if you have the money to buy that space. It is an issue that has interested me for many years since I got into education. There is buying of education as a commodity; education has become a commodity, and you just have to be rich to have a good education. It is not like when you went to your primary and secondary schools, or where some of you went to school. You start buying it from the primary school. You buy the most expensive if you have money; you buy it in secondary school and then in university now, you do not need the best grades to do medicine or architecture. You just need to have money. With a B plus you get in. That is a challenge. That is a serious problem because you block those who could have had the education as the way out of poverty, and as something to create social mobility; also universities have a challenge."
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