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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I did not mean age of being in this House, but chronological age. At that time, it was very exciting when I would talk with her and she could tell me how a girl coming from Wajir was coming to Nairobi looking for a live zebra. She had seen zebra crossings in little books which they had read back home and she thought she would actually see zebras as she crossed the road. You can now see that she has graduated into an excellent legislator. We must congratulate her deep down from our hearts. If one wants to understand the depth of thought in this Amendment Bill, they should recall what happens in the USA presidential debate. One of the cardinal points that was usually put to the candidates was the understanding and planning for the country on matters of research and technology. Depending on how a candidate responds to this, he starts capturing the imagination of the country that he has what it takes to move USA beyond the cutting age of technology. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, universities are the seats of research, innovation and technology. Therefore, I laud the Member because today we are creating a legal structure that can then create the interface between county governments and CUE. This has been so loudly absent to the extent that even where it was obvious that county governments should work in support with either a university college or an existing university, decisions made had no legal basis. The second arm to what she is trying to do is to deliberately create a responsibility for CUE by ensuring that they report to Parliament for the purposes of oversight. I further congratulate the Member by reminding her that if she recalls in 2013, I moved a Motion that was intended to establish a university in every county. To show her that she is moving to the right direction, allow me to remind her that by virtue of that Motion, I received a national award for that wave of thought. I believe this year she will be the recipient of the national award for exemplary legislation. I, therefore, take my Motion as a precursor to this great idea. I believe we will move this matter even further. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is befitting at this time for me to share with this House the story of success of the university city of Kakamega. Around 13 years ago, Kakamega was a little provincial headquarters, a forgotten market that had no economic basis. As soon as the university landed there, it has spurred the economic potential of Kakamega 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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