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    "id": 262971,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/262971/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Mwiria",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Valerian Kilemi Mwiria",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to say that there is a move to continue making university education more readily available; last year alone, eight additional constituent colleges were opened; these include Machakos, Murang’a, Kirinyaga, Kibabii, Rongo, Embu, Taita Taveta and Garissa. So, there is a move to keep on opening new institutions; that will increase the numbers but not as dramatically as we would like. In addition to that, there is a plan underway to establish the Open University of Kenya. The Open University of Kenya will have centres in every county in this country; it goes back to the points that people were making about how we have to be innovative in terms of alternative delivery modes, and you do not have to be in a physical classroom. So, the Open University of Kenya will provide that opportunity and there will be centres in every county. The expectation is that the fees for this university will not be more than Kshs90,000 per annum. We want to make it as cheap as possible and eventually maybe make it Kshs20,000. You get a loan from the Government of Kshs50,000, then your parent can pay only Kshs40,000 to Kshs50,000 per year, and you get a university degree. So, in addition to making it possible for many more to come in, it is also going to be a cheaper way of providing university education. That is underway. We were to start this last year. The task force completed its work and there is every intention hopefully to have it started this year, and that will accommodate an additional 50,000 students or so."
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