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    "content": "requirements which have been cited in this Act. The CUE will find out whether they have complied with the requirements for a fully-fledged university. Our role also will be to check how the national unity of our country has been catered for. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you have heard my good friend, Sen. Wamatangi, mention that people who go to local schools have difficulties in integrating. The CUE will be required to be reporting to Parliament; that is to both the National Assembly and the Senate. Some of us believe in nationalism and unity. We are also assisting the CUE to fast-track the establishment of universities in counties, so that we can also help grow economic wealth in those devolved units. There will be creation of jobs in those universities. Local and foreign investors will also have greater impetus in harnessing the national wealth. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I also want to allude to what the father of the CDF, Sen. (Eng.) Karue, mentioned. This clamour for universities must not be mistaken for clamour for haphazard faculties mushrooming all over. There has been clamour by some universities to have the faculties of Medicine and Engineering, yet it is very difficult to get lecturers to teach in those faculties. I sit in the Senate Committee on Education where the Senator for Nyandarua brought an issue about Mombasa Technical University, which was given the Faculty of Engineering, but the Engineering Society of Kenya had issues with that, after students had enrolled, paid a lot of money and studied halfway. We had difficulties in interrogating such a kind of scenario. It is important, therefore, for the CUE to understand that, for instance, Turkana should have a university that offers courses in oil production. A university in Mombasa could offer courses in marine science. Students from Nyamira, Kisii and Elgeyo- Marakwet counties can be admitted in that university to integrate with students from other parts of the country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, during President Kibaki’s regime, we talked about the Vision 2030. The Senate can fast-track some of these amendments to the relevant Acts, so that we, as a country, achieve this vision. The previous speakers have talked about mushrooming colleges. The other day, I heard of Obama University here in Nairobi. I was told it was closed because of lack of necessary facilities. I do not know where the CUE was when it was being established. Our role as the Senate is to assist the relevant organizations move in the right direction, while following the relevant laws. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support the Bill."
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