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    "id": 42099,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/42099/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Sambili",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for East African Co-operation",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 28,
        "legal_name": "Hellen Jepkemoi Sambili",
        "slug": "hellen-sambili"
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the year 2005/2006, there were 79 registered PhD students and 1,939 Masters students, giving a total of 2,017 students. In the year 2006/2007, there were 90 PhD students and 2,536 Masters students giving a total of 2,626 postgraduate students. In year 2007/2008, there were 109 registered PhD students and 3,344 registered Masters students in the University of Nairobi, giving a total of 3,453. In the year 2008/2009, there were 162 PhD students and 3,704 Masters students giving a total of 3,866 postgraduate students. In the year 2009/2010, there were 201 registered PhD students and 3,861 registered Masters students in the University of Nairobi, giving a total of 4,062 students. (b) I provide a table showing the list of the doctoral students awarded by the University of Nairobi from the year 2000 to date. The number - given by gender - totals to 2,299 PhD students. I have the list here. (c) Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to inform hon. Members that the number of duly registered PhD and Masters degree students whose due dates of graduation have elapsed and have not graduated is 284 from the year 2000 to 2005 – that is for PhD - and 8,640 from the year 2000 to 2009 for Masters students. That is as per the attached list. There are various reasons for those problems. Among the reasons are:- (i) Scholarships. Since the onset of self-sponsored programmes at the University of Nairobi, which started in 1998, a number of postgraduate students sponsor themselves from their own sources. That is due to the fact that availability of scholarships from the"
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