{"id":497569,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/497569/?format=json","text_counter":172,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. (Dr.) Oginga","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":194,"legal_name":"Oburu Ngona Odinga","slug":"oburu-odinga"},"content":"Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this important Motion. I rise to support this Motion because it concerns a university and also a very good friend of mine, the late hon. Michael Wamalwa. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, first, I want to disagree with those who are saying that a university necessarily kills a middle level training institute. We do not have to kill that technical institute. I can explain what happened to me as an hon. Member for Bondo. I was also seeking to convert Bondo Technical and Teachers Training College into a university. As I was doing that, I was told that the technical institute would go, but I argued very strongly that the technical teachers training college did not have to go because of converting that institution into a university. A university is a much bigger 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."}