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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) S.W. Chege",
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        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": "I am much obliged, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. On 12th March 2014, hon. Wanjiku Muhia, Member of Parliament, requested for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology regarding the unrest at Kisii University that occurred on 10th March 2014. I will go as directed to 3.1 on the genesis of the activities that led to the unrest, although it is important for me to mention that upon the receipt of this request, the Departmental Committee on Education, Science and Technology resolved to invite the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the Kisii University management and the representatives of the student leaders as well as suspended students for a meeting on 27th March, 2014. So, our response is from that meeting. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as explained by the Kisii University, on December 2013, the Board of Management (BoM) meeting convened and made several recommendations following the submission of a report by a six-member committee that was put together by the Vice-Chancellor (VC) to improve the self sponsored programme policy at the university. This was after a consultative meeting that was held at Sagini Hall in November 2013 to come up with the way forward following discussions between the management and the academic staff. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on 6th January 2014, the Deputy Vice- Chancellor, Academic and Students Affairs shared, after consultations with the VC and the student leaders, the 20 recommendations submitted by the aforesaid committee, some of which included introduction of teaching practice and attachment fee as well as delinking admission from accommodation beyond first year to begin in 2014. The proposed attachment or industrial fee was to be payable by the students at the beginning of the year at Kshs10,000 for the teaching practice fee, Kshs12,000 for the law students and Kshs15,000 internship fee for those undertaking medical health related courses. However, no student was meant to be sent away for non-payment of those fees. When this policy was proposed, a few students led by their Chairman, Jeff Ongoro, picked on it as a major issue of contention arguing that the introduction of the item was abrupt and was likely to affect those going for teaching practice in May 2014. Through their Chairman, Mr. Ongoro, a few students asked to meet with the management over the same issue. Consequently, a meeting was held on 30th January 2014 at the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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