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"content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Motion by my colleague with regard to the unfortunate strike that has affected the universities. This strike by university lecturers is very unfortunate. I was in the university and I participated in one strike by professors. That time it was a strike against the Government. This time, this is a strike by professors against the other professors who are running the institution. I think this is very unfortunate. It is an indication of the rot that is there in terms of remuneration and salaries of the most brilliant people in the country. I think this particular case has a zero option; the university management must pay the money that they were given. They do not have another option. If there is any other option here, then it is not being told to us. It is a hidden agenda and it must be shown. In this case, the Government gave the universities the amount of money that was negotiated for and the university management is intelligent enough to understand what was contained in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Misappropriating the funds that were in that CBA, as stipulated in the Public Finance Management Act, is an offence. In this case, apparently this is a dilemma for the Cabinet Secretary for Education because he was in this management that caused this misapplication. Although he is my friend, I will not forgive him in this situation here, because this is a very clear misjudgment which is causing us headache. It is causing our students to be idle. I cannot forgive him on this because this is a---"
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