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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, in Clause 5(b), consultation should take place to ensure that each of the counties is included. This is a good thing because it is inclusivity on the part of the county governments. On liaising with county governments, I have just mentioned that we should liaise with county governments when setting up the kind of courses that are to be offered. For example, I have just said SEKU entered into agreement with the county to train nurses for the county health facilities. Other universities are using county health centres - since the health function has been devolved - to provide teaching facilities through the facilities governed or administered by counties. Therefore, liaison is very important to promote accountability and ensure that the CUE is accountable to the institutions of this country. This means that Parliament; that is both the National Assembly and the Senate must also receive these reports. The university education body must know that somebody is watching over them. Madam Temporary Speaker, the amendments proposed by the Mover are so important and relevant because they are even in keeping with a recent Motion. You recall that the Senate passed a Motion requiring that every county gets a university. We have heard that over 22 counties have no universities. It is upon the CUE to ensure that they implement the wishes of the Senate by ensuring that they establish them. That it is only fair that we have campuses of fully-fledged universities in all counties. This is why we all decry the closing down of the only university in the north eastern region; the Garissa University College because that sends a bad signal to those who want to destroy education in that region. It will also deprive our students whether local or nationally, because you realize most of the students did not originate from Garissa. Therefore, we must ensure that there is a university in every county. We could even ensure that there are campuses even before these universities are established. This way, we will appear to be giving equitable distribution of educational opportunities to all Kenyans. The only body that can do this is the CUE. For them to do so, they must liaise, cooperate and collaborate with county governments in ensuring that this is done. Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to second this Bill."
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