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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I would like to confirm to the House that I am, indeed, not hon. Shebesh. I am hon. Sakaja Johnson. I would like to seek further clarification on this matter because, indeed, it is a grave issue. It is really sad. When you compare those young girls in the universities, they are not in any way like the ones we have seen in the cases down at the Coast, who had an unfortunate incident a few weeks ago. That was about bestiality. Those are young girls who are in campus. Those are intelligent young girls; young girls who have qualified to go to university. So, indeed, there is a bigger problem. We need specific answers from the Leader of Majority Party as to what social welfare and also support system is available for the students. Many of the students, as you know, who are in the parallel degree programme, are destitute. In as much as they have found a way to get their fees paid, I know students who are sharing rooms. Some are sleeping on the floors and some are doing two or three jobs a day. Is the Government really concerned about the welfare of those students? Can the Higher Education Loans Board programme be expanded? We need specific measures because, if this is happening to students and young people at that age, then it is a worrying situation for the country. Even the students who might be in the gallery, as one hon. Member has said, I think they are right to be here to listen to this. That is because they are also going through the same issues. I would, therefore, like a clear step taken even if it takes some time, for the Government to tell us--- We need clear steps of social welfare system for students in universities. A university like the University of Nairobi has so much land and yet, the students are sharing rooms. I was a student leader there just a few years ago and the situation of the students was really bad. Some students go without food. In as much as the food in the mess is cheap, they cannot afford it. We really need some clear steps or measures taken by the Government. Thank you, hon. Speaker Sir."
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