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    "content": "you have wasted your money and time. It should be clear from CUE so that we do not have these rogue universities or campuses. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, two weeks ago, there was a communication from the Ministry of Education threatening to close down some campuses in town. You may find that they are not even suitable enough to be called campuses. We must have a standardization of these campuses and if we want to spread these universities to counties, there must be a minimum that they should adhere to. The CUE should put this criteria and requirements in the public and even post it on their website and communicate to everyone who seeks to know. That way, we will not have children coming out of high school and because of desperation for information and knowledge, they enroll in a college and two years down the line, they are told the course is not even allowed and the institution should be closed. We are sending this sector into confusion. When we hear such comments from the Ministry of Education, we wonder what is happening because the role of regulation which is the sole responsibility of CUE is not being handled very well. We must also not lose focus on technical training. Mr. Albert Einstein once said that if you want to judge fish by how high they can climb a tree, then you will think it is very stupid and yet they are not supposed to climb a tree. I say this because the establishment of universities everywhere is not a bad idea. However, we must also realise that not all of us are meant to be engineers or lawyers. There are those people who are good in technical work that was being taught in technical schools like the Kenya Polytechnic and we must not lose focus of that. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I like the idea of this Bill that every county can boast of at least one university. We have had concentration of universities in some counties that deny other counties the advantage of hosting one. Having explained the advantage that I have seen with universities being in different counties, I think every county should have the test of hosting one. However, that university should not just be put up to fulfill this mandate, but according to the regulations and minimum requirements that should be set by CUE. I second this Bill and also congratulate Sen. Mohamud. I hope that it will streamline university education and that this standardization will bring all counties on board. This is because even though standardization is a national Government function, these universities will be situated in counties and it is important that we bring counties on board. That way, we will ensure that there is no confusion and that children are not sent to schools that are not accredited."
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