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    "id": 497531,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/497531/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Korir",
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        "legal_name": "Wesley Kipchumba Korir",
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    "content": "one thing on which I disagree with my friend is changing Kitale Technical Institute into a university. As a person who comes from this county, I would like to say that we would love to keep Kitale Technical Institute as a technical institution and look for other alternatives to start a university. We have the Bakhita branch of Moi University, which, to me, should be upgraded to a full-fledged university. We have Kitale Airport which, to me, should be named after Kijana Wamalwa and upgraded to become an international airport. So, as much as I support the fact that we need to remember our hero, the late hon. Wamalwa Kijana, I am opposed to the upgrading of Kitale Technical Institute to a university. Our students need a lot of places to go to learn some technical knowledge. We need plumbers, electricians and so on. We need them in this country. We need them as much as we need accountants. We need them as much as we need engineers. We need them as much as we need doctors. Those are the skills that need to be enhanced in this country. We need to create more technical institutions in our counties. As much as we want to go to universities, I will stand firm and say that we should also encourage the creation of more technical schools in our constituencies and counties. I applaud the initiative by the Government to make sure that we have more technical institutions in our counties. When we will have more technical institutions that can stand by themselves in every constituency, I think that is when we will start upgrading them into universities. As per now, if we make Kitale Technical Institute a university, where is a technical institute in Trans Nzoia that will do what Kitale Technical Institute is doing? So, I support the fact that we need to have something named after Kijana Wamalwa, but I do not think upgrading Kitale Technical Institute to a university is a great thing for the county of Trans Nzoia. I will support the idea of naming something after the late Kijana Wamalwa, but I will oppose the idea of upgrading Kitale Technical Institute to a full-fledged university. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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