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    "content": "governments in identification of land in the counties so that a public university could be established in each county. That Motion was debated and passed unanimously by all the Senators in this House. We agreed that the national Government should start with those counties that do not have any university. Few other colleges and campuses that had been opened have been upgraded to fully fledged universities, for example, Karatina University, Kabianga University and the Maasai Mara University which is one of the universities which is providing passage to the viewing of the migration of the wilder beast. As a result, the impact of these universities has been felt greatly. This Bill will enable the Commission for University Education to fast track and come up with a programme as to when each county will be funded and given a university. We know universities are known to promote learning. That is where knowledge, research and innovation are practiced. Now that we have gone into counties, it is proper to have the centres of excellence; the highest apex of education in every county so that research related to the products from that county and the well being of the people in that county can always be addressed at those universities. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you remember what Sen. Obure has said about Kisii University, when it was started, nobody knew it would have an impact, but today over ten years since Egerton University opened it, we have seen research being carried out on bananas which is one of the food crops on the land. The results are immense. There has also been research on tea and coffee in the same university. There has been explosion of prices of land and goods because top universities associated with change and top products have pitched tent in town. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Moi University, Eldoret, which is found in Uasin Gishu County and the University of Eldoret which used to be a college for Applied and Natural Sciences have had a big impact in the county to the extent that people with money from neighbouring counties are migrating very close to where these universities are to buy land and do business in the universities. Although, I know that we have a problem in Moi University and the University of Eldoret because of the strikes they had recently, that is something temporary. It comes and goes. However, we must point it out clearly that some of the strikes in universities or institutions are as a result of management issues. We must always assess managers of every university thoroughly and select people according to their ability. If a person has been defeated, rather than close a university, fire or chase away other people who are junior, the person at the top should be removed from office so that the university is not closed. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are waiting for our share of a public university in West Pokot County. This is because of the immense natural resources that we have. West Pokot is a wealthy county. We have a lot of limestone. A university should be established there to offer courses that literally train locals on issues that focus on the availability of raw materials so that when investors come, they will find people who have already been trained to do that. West Pokot County has immense limestone which could facilitate over ten cement industries. The indicator that will stimulate that is a university. 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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