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    "id": 571089,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the late Nelson Mandela said that the best weapon you can give a person to tackle and fight the future is education. In the spirit of devolution which is to bring services closer to the people, compared to the situation that is prevailing right now where universities are concentrated in certain areas of this country, it defeats this spirit. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this sometimes happens at a very great cost. The ensuing scenario has been that this has propagated serious migration of certain groups and cohorts of people, especially the young people in search of education. When these young people move in search of education in particular areas, it is also at a great cost. This can be mitigated or reduced if this Bill becomes a reality. One of the goals of the MDGs is to fight ignorance. If we have to fight ignorance in every corner of this country, then we have to make education available and accessible to every person irrespective of where they reside in this country. In the last ten years, there has been a trend in this country where enrolment in universities has increased more than tenfold from the senior citizens of this country to those that never had an opportunity to join universities earlier, who have now enrolled in part time parallel programmes and other programmes within universities. This is a demonstration of the hunger or the need for university education amongst the population. Worldwide, development is now driven by innovation and technology. As a country that intends to develop we have to give the best available opportunities to ensure that education is available to all of us. The ratio of the youth who pass their examinations at O-levels after sitting for their high school examinations compared to the uptake of our universities – both private and public – is shocking. The number of our young people 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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