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    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/419553/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if the Government needed any reminder that whatever is going on is very dangerous, and then they should remember the Presidential Debate in the United States of America (USA). One of the questions that are posed to the presidential candidates is; what is his policy or stand on matters of science, teaching, research and technology? If you do not get it right, Americans start fearing that you may not move the frontier of development of the USA. It is, therefore, important, for the Government to know that this is a national catastrophe and that all our universities are closed. My dear colleagues, if you need a reminder that university education has become a major player in the Kenyan economy ask those of us who come from Kakamega County. In Kakamega, just because of the arrival of Masinde Murilo University, this has completely changed the economic profile of our town. Kakamega is now developing very rapidly like a university city. Those of you who may not have come to the west, Kakamega is growing faster than Nakuru, purely because of the university. I want to use this opportunity to condemn the Vice Chancellors and the Deputy Vice Chancellors in charge of handling finance in all public universities. I was expecting that the Government, by now, would have arrested those two people in the public universities so that they record statements and tell us what happened to the Kshs3.9 billion that was disbursed for purposes of paying salaries and allowances to our lecturers. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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