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    "id": 445834,
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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": "Subsequently, the disciplinary Committee convened a meeting on 24th April to discuss the matter of the suspended students. The charges preferred against the students are well outlined in this report. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the four students were invited to appear before the Disciplinary Committee on 2nd April, 2014, where Jeff Ongoro, Peter Ndagi, Tariton Antony and Paul Irungu Njuguna failed to appear. Out of the five suspended students, only Akuku Brighton Odhiambo appeared before the Disciplinary Committee. In consideration of the final decision, the Disciplinary Committee cited the provision of the student handbook Clause 1(iii) which states that if a student fails to appear before the student’s disciplinary committee without any reasonable explanation, the Committee shall proceed with the case without further reference to him or her. Consequently, the Disciplinary Committee expelled Mr. Jeff Ongoro, Peter Ndagi and Mr. Lenkolio for one academic year. Mr. Akuku was exonerated upon ratification by the University Senate. Paul Irungu and Antony Tariton were expelled for two academic years while Jeff Ongoro and Peter Ndagi were expelled indefinitely. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, by the time the management of Kisii University was appearing before the Committee, the management had recalled all the university students, save from the third years who were expected to report back on 10th April, 2014. On the submission from the representative of the student leaders, who had not been suspended during the interrogation, the Committee was informed by one of the representatives that the Chairman of the student union did not involve all the student leaders in calling for demonstrations. In addition, the Committee was informed that the main cause of rivalry within the student union leadership was that on several occasions, they had differed on issues related to management of finance and misplaced priority. From submission of the suspended students, Mr. Ndagi informed the Committee that the VC had remarked on several occasions that he was above the law hence his unilateral decision to suspend the students. He also said that he had been invited to appear before the Disciplinary Committee but feared for his life after being tipped off by a police officer that his life was in danger. One of the other suspended students named Jeff Ongoro stated that he won in the 2013 student elections to be the Chairman of the students union, but the management delayed swearing him into office within two weeks as stipulated by the student constitution. He informed the committee that he had not been involved in the decision to set up the industrial/attachments fees and, hence, he was not agreeable to the same. He also said that he had nothing person against the VC and that the people surrounding him were spreading propaganda against him and were being bankrolled by one of the local upcoming university. Hon Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will go to the resolutions of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology. Upon hearing those submissions from all the parties, the Committee directed the management of Kisii University to convene a meeting in order to accord the students a fair hearing with a view to have them back to university. Upon the intervention of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology, the Senate met on 7th April, 2014 and agreed to allow the four students 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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