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    "content": "This amendment Bill seeks to amend the University Act so as to provide for liaison and coordination between the commission for university education and the county government on the matter of provision of university education at the county level. The Bill further proposes to amend Section 26 of the principal Act so as to enable the commission to report to the National Assembly and the Senate on the progress made on the establishment of universities in various parts of the country. The establishment of universities in each county will provide research and innovation that will address the development needs of the national government as well as those of the county governments. Madam Temporary Speaker, if we look at the distribution of universities in our counties, we have almost 21 counties in our country with no public university. The greatest region is the former Rift Valley which has eight counties with no single public university. The government has placed the responsibility of establishing public universities on the Commission for Universities Education (CUE). We want to amend Section 3 of the principal Act which indicates the objectives of the university. The objectives of university education are from number (a) to (k), but I intend to amend part (d), which states that:- “Support and contribution to the realization of national economic and social development” I would like to insert the word ‘county after’ the word ‘national’ so that it reads “support and contribution to the realization of national and county economic and social development”. The other part that the Bill is proposing to amend is Section 5 regarding the functions of the commission. One of the functions of the commission is to promote the objectives of the university and advise the Cabinet Secretary on policy relating to university education. I want to amend Section 5(b) so that we insert the word ‘including the provision of university education in each of the counties’. The other part which we want to amend is Section 26 of the principal Act with regard to universities in each county. The Act state that:- “The commission shall ensure the establishment of a public university in each of the counties giving priority to counties that do not have a university immediately after following the coming into force of this Act.” I am intending to re-number the existing provision of the sub-section as (1). Then, I insert the following words after Section 26(1). Section (2) should read that “the commission in performing its function should liaise with the county government”. (3) As soon it is practicable at the end of each financial year, the commission shall submit a report to Parliament on the status of the establishment of universities in each county. (4) The Senate and the National Assembly may require the commission to submit a report on the establishment of public universities in the counties any time. These are the four Clauses that I want to add immediately after Section 26. 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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