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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gichigi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kamunye Gichigi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. In the form that this Bill is, I have no alternative but to oppose it. This is a very short Bill. I got it earlier today and I went through it. I was starting to wonder whether I am having difficulties with my understanding capacity. As a lawyer, I do not know what this Bill is intended to do. In the last few days, we have been talking about a ballooning wage bill. So, this Bill, rather than helping this country, is enhancing the ballooning wage bill. Somebody had an idea that they want to harmonize the certificates and degrees that are issued by institutions in this country, but it is not coming out that, that is the intention. We do not, therefore, know what this Council or Board or Authority is supposed to do. What is the end product of the work of this Authority? What is it going to give us? It is not clear to me. I have had problems with the education system in this country. We have given a chance to very many universities and colleges to proliferate in the country and each college or university is coming up with their own courses. When I read the title of this Bill, I thought that the intention is to harmonize the courses offered in this country with the development goals of this country. This business of just churning out diplomas, certificates and degrees to people who are not helping this economy is probably what we need to address. It is not just coming up with another authority. The first thing it will do is to tell our university colleges that they should give certain sorts of certificates and have certain qualifications. But anybody going to the constitutional court will declare that 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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