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    "id": 515892,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Karaba",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Dickson Karaba",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I wish to give a Statement regarding the chaos at the University of Eldoret, triggered by an attempt by some local leaders to eject Prof. Teresa Akenga from office as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Eldoret (UoE), as requested by Sen. (Dr.) Boni Khalwale. I wish to state as follows:- On Thursday 25th February, 2015, the Committee unanimously agreed to probe the circumstances that led to the recent disturbances at the UoE, by visiting the university to interrogate the university’s board of management. The probe took place from 26th to 28th February, 2015 in the UoE. The Committee paid a courtesy call to the Uasin Gishu County Commissioner, Mr. Abdi Hassan and his security team where they briefed the Committee on a number of issues. The Committee then had a meeting with the Vice-Chancellor, Deputy Vice- Chancellors, Registrars, Dean of Students, Students Governing Council and the area chief. Finally, the Committee toured the students’ hostels within and outside the university. The Committee’s findings are as follows:- (1) The distribution of employees from the management board, Deans of Schools, senior management administration, other staff and chairpersons of various committees does not reflect regional balance. Only three major communities are represented, that is, from Rift Valley, Western and Nyanza regions. (2) The University of Eldoret Council has not taken responsibility in the recruitment of the new staff, promotions, transfer and financial management. Instead, it has abdicated its duties to other actors. (3) Although the recruitment and appointment of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Teresa was competitively carried out by the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology on the recommendations of the Council, in line with the Universities Act, the Vice-Chancellor has faced a lot of resistance from the local community, including the leaders who prefer a Vice-Chancellor from the locality. (4) The 352 contractual workers taken over from Moi University when the university got its charter requested for permanent employment terms, but the university had not confirmed them yet due to financial constraints. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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