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    "id": 335615,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/335615/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 486,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 376,
        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "31 Wednesday, 5th December, 2012(P) THAT, Clause 27 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new sub-clauses immediately after sub-clause (2)- (3) Any foreign university approved under sub-clause (2) must first submit proof of accreditation from its country of origin to undertake university education in Kenya. (4) The Cabinet Secretary shall, at the beginning of each year and thereafter each quarter of the year, cause to be published in at least three newspapers of national circulation, the list of universities accredited to undertake university education in Kenya. (5) The Cabinet Secretary shall set up a department of accreditation whose mandate shall include undertaking research on universities to be accredited, undertaking research on universities worldwide and classifying their standards and advising students wishing to undergo university education on universities abroad and in Kenya that are accredited. (6) Any person who purports to offer a degree through a university that is not accredited commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction, to a fine of not less than 3 million Kenya Shillings or to a sentence of imprisonment of not less than 3 years or to both such fine and imprisonment. (7) Where the Government neglects or fails to inform members of the public about a university that is not accredited and allows the university to enroll and purport to train students, the Government shall compensate the students for any loss occassioned as a consequence of any such subsequent action in relation to the university. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I have several proposals for amendments in Clause 27. I am proposing that we have new sub-clauses immediately after sub-clause 2; that is, sub-clause 3, which is indicating that any foreign university must submit proof of accreditation from its country of origin. This is because we have had problems with universities who come into this country and they are not accredited in their own countries and then we have our student suffering because they pay fees and go through those universities which are not accredited. Recently, we saw a case where there was a push and pull regarding Kampala International University. In new sub-clause (4) up to sub-clause 7, all of them are to ensure that we deal with this problem. Where our students go through university education, put in money for years and then they are told we are sorry that university was not accredited. So, we are making that a Government responsibility. One, to ensure that those universities are accredited and two, that the Cabinet Secretary must advertise in two newspapers of nationwide circulation in the country every three quarters of a year - because students go to school very often - which universties are accredited and which ones are not. The Cabinet Secretary should also set up a deparment of accreditation whose mandate shall be to undertake research on those universities and advise Kenyan students both abroad and locally and also making it an offence to offer degrees when you are not accredited. The Bill will also force the Governmment to pay for any damages where they do not exercise due diligence. Kenyans who are very poor and are struggling, put in all their life-long investments into their children’s education, then the Government tells them that was a wrong university. The Government must pay you if it fails to inform you because it is not the"
}