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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": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I will start with the question by hon. Kisang, about the verification. The verification of those certificates is done by the Commission of University Education and I have already indicated that. We already have a pending Bill on the Kenya Qualification Framework Authority which is going to look at all the inner details of those accredited universities. I would also like to just indicate to the parents and the students that they should be very careful with the colleges that they enroll in. There are so many colleges that have come and some of them are in this country. Those colleges always advertise and it is always very good. But before the parents enroll their students to those colleges, it is good to confirm with the Commission for University Education whether those are some of the accredited colleges. Hon. Wanyonyi also asked about getting a job with a certificate from Makerere University, which was initially easy. Even to our students who have gone to local universities, unemployment in this country is a reality. So, I would request all the students who have got certificates or qualifications from foreign universities to make sure that immediately they report back to the country, they should go and ask for the verification from the Commission for University Education. This also goes to the ones who are asking for jobs and, maybe, from what we saw recently with the police recruitment, they need to have the confirmation that this is the right qualification that is required by our Kenyan institutions. About the counties, we will recommend that to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. I know education is not devolved, but we have the County Education Directors. The Commission for University Education is stationed here at the University of Nairobi. We can request whether they can move some of the branches from the headquarters to the county level. Hon. Kaluma asked about the list of the recognized learning institutions. We will ask for this list and we will be happy to table it in Parliament. Hon. Kisang raised the issue of the student who took more than four months to have his certificates equated. They said it takes 24 hours if all the requirements are met. I request hon. Kisang to forward the case to me and I can assist and follow it up. If it has taken four months and the student has the qualifications, then, as the Chair, I will assist. Hon. Kiptanui has asked about the rejected cases. As I mentioned earlier, it is good that they first verify. It is good that we follow the Ministry’s guidance on the colleges that have been given accreditation by the Commission for University Education, so that we can avoid cases of parents taking their children for a period of four years or investing money in some colleges just for them to come back and be told that those colleges cannot be accredited by the Commission for University Education. So, before going to an institution, it is good for the parents and the students first to confirm with the Commission for University Education. This is a new Commission, but I am very sure it is going to do a good job. Again, as we debate on the Kenya Qualifications Framework Authority, it is also going to come in to help our students so that all the certificates can be accredited. 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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