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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I was addressing the issue of the ratio of our young people who happen to pass their O-Level examinations, but unfortunately, never get the opportunity to see the inside of a university in spite of the great effort they made and a lot of money that was invested in their earlier education. If this is made a reality, then the mitigation of this anomaly will be made a reality. Needless to say, one of the most important issues that this Bill should address is to encourage expansion and movement of education to counties. We also need to emphasize that the quality of education in all the 47 counties must be maintained at its tiptop. In the absence of this – as it has been lamented many times in several fora – we will end up having half-baked graduates. If this is not taken care of, then, it will make the intent of giving this education a folly. So, we have to emphasize – as it is proposed that universities are opened in the counties – and maintain the standards as dictated by the proposed commission. Opening of universities and other institutions of learning is a way of integrating communities. Sometime back, we were in a function with one of my colleague Senators. He drew an example to us and said that he went to school in his rural areas. Having completed his primary education in his rural area, he also joined high school in his rural area just like most of us. After that, he got an opportunity to join university here in Nairobi. Thereafter, he went to a college outside this country. The difference between 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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