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    "id": 445835,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/445835/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) S.W. Chege",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 884,
        "legal_name": "Sabina Wanjiru Chege",
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    "content": "to be given a second chance to appear before the Disciplinary Committee. The students were invited for the Disciplinary Committee and Jeff Ongoro admitted to his charges and further pleaded for amnesty. However, the Disciplinary Committee recommended that be suspended for three academic years to report back to the university in September, 2017. In addition, Peter Ndagi admitted to his charges and appealed to the Disciplinary Committee to give him clemency. Subsequently, the Disciplinary Committee handed him an expulsion of three academic years to report back to the university in September, 2017. Finally, Paul Irungu and Antony Tariton were expelled for three and two academic years, respectively. It was Committee’s observation that the Committee directive was not followed despite the Committee stating categorically of the need to engage with the students with a view to having them back to class. The students were severely punished after appearing before the Committee. The Committee saw that as a punishment for them to appear before the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology. There was also potential ethnicity at public universities as the students appeared to have been divided along ethnic lines. Those divisions are detrimental for harmonious co-existence between the students community. Also the punishment meted on the students was in extreme violation of student rights noticing that the curriculum review is done after every few years hence the student would not be able to catch up after three years. The university undermined the Committee and Parliament by declining to consider the plight of students but, instead, gave them stiffer punishment from one year to three years after appearing before the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology. Having considered the views and submissions from both the management and the affected students, the Committee made the following recommendations:-"
}