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    "id": 332052,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I had indicated concerns before we rose about education standards at the university. I had also given general comments. I just want to look at specific clauses in the Bill. I will refer the Minister to Clause 13. I will bring an amendment for one of the standards that need to be included. The standards provided under Clause 13 should relate to infrastructure. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is also provision for degrees, including honorary degrees. Again, I will indicate that we need to provide for standards, especially for degrees. This is because nowadays, we have provided for standards for certain degrees. There is information that people get degrees after two or three months. That is unfair because there are people who have to study for years to get those degrees. So, it is not in order for others to get degrees in six or four months. If it is possible for everybody to get degrees in six months, then we should all be told that it is part of accreditation so that all of us can very quickly get degrees in six months. But we should not have a privileged few who get their degrees in six months. Again, in the clause that also talks about accreditation, I will also move an amendment that provides that the public must be informed about accredited universities to avoid wastage of resources. This is because I know several people who have attended universities for three years and after they have completed, they are told that, that university is not accredited. This is the case and yet the university has been mounting courses with the knowledge and information of the Government of Kenya."
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