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    "id": 497521,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyura",
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        "legal_name": "Michael Aringo Onyura",
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    "content": "to promote and further the ideals that he stood for. We have heard of how generous he was and how he supported the disadvantaged and the orphans. In addition to these other fairly good and symbolic gestures, we can also assist in establishing something that is more concrete and fundamental that can then continue to promote the ideals that he lived for. That would also be a very good thing. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the second point on this Motion is that of upgrading this institution from a college to a university, I think it is a good idea. We know that a university comes with a lot of benefits for both the local community and any other neighbouring community. It offers opportunities for learning as has been very well set out by the Mover of the Motion. It offers opportunities for learning at various levels, right from certificate, diploma, degree and even higher degrees. That opportunity is there. We know that it is also an opportunity for investment in real estate and infrastructure. Establishing a university also comes with benefits in employment. Therefore, these are benefits that will accrue from upgrading this college from what it is now to university level. However, I just want to add that even as we do this; as we expand the universities, please, let us not kill the middle level colleges. We need to be able, at the same rate and at the same pace, to be revamping, maintaining and establishing middle level colleges. Otherwise, with time, we stand the risk of losing out or creating a gap in a certain level of skills particularly at the level of technicians, craftsmen, artisans, and that level we call"
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