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    "id": 277599,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/277599/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Kamar",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
        "slug": "margaret-kamar"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to answer. I apologize that the written answer did not reach him. But it will reach him in one second. (a) The records at the Ministry indicate that no student from the two districts has been awarded a scholarship overseas or locally. This is mainly due to the fact that the Ministry has not received applications from qualified candidates from the two districts for consideration in the last three years. That is because those are competitive scholarships. (b) The Government has, for many years now, adopted affirmative action to increase access to university education to people particularly from Arid and Semi Arid Lands (ASALs). Ijara and Hulugho districts are categorized as ASAL areas and as per the Joint Admission Board (JAB) admission criteria and guidelines of 2005, candidates from such areas are admitted with points one to five lower than from the other parts of the country, two for gender, two for ASAL and one for special conditions . So, a girl who is disabled can get a maximum of five. Further, the Government is in the process of establishing a university college in Garissa. It has already been gazette and the council is being processed. Once that is complete, the people from Ijara, Hulugho and any other area within Garissa County will access higher education at a relatively closer range than the case is right now. Local universities are also establishing satellite campuses in ASAL areas. Within Garissa, we know that one university has already established a campus for the purpose of taking higher education closer to the people. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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