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    "content": "Senate comes in. Therefore, the kind of reporting that we require under provisions proposed by Sen. Mohamud should be very specific. We should be dealing with setting up of universities and budgets of setting up of universities in counties that do not have universities. The National Assembly should be involved in either policy or funding of the universities so that we have a detailed budget in the next financial year since the appropriation of monies according to the Constitution still lies squarely with the National Assembly. Maybe, that is where this issue should reside entirely. Madam Temporary Speaker, there is reason to think that the composition of this CUE should be relooked at. This is because the CUE will give reports to the Senate. Since the Council of Governors (CoG) was not in existence at the time of passing of this law, it is time that Sen. Mohamud thought of representation of counties in the CUE so that it is truly representative of both the national and county Governments. This is because there are several other organizations that are contemplated in this legislation, but there is no mention whatsoever of any entity that is related to county governments. So, I would suggest that you can have that amendment, so that then it is complete and we have a representative. We do not want to sit here in the Senate and just wait for reports. We should sent representations before they send reports to us of what we would require, as the Senate, in our role of protecting the interests of counties. The issue of the curriculum that will be taught has also come up. Regarding how we are going to deal with it, that representation is important, as suggested by the Senators who spoke before me. Madam Temporary Speaker, we cannot re-emphasize the idea of having universities in all counties. There is fear amongst many people that there are many graduates who have degrees and maybe will not have positions to take in the dispensation. That does not worry me at all, because we want to create a society of young people who can be employed, not only in Kenya, but in the rest of world. It is important that we encourage our young graduates. One of the things that they should do is what Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale has done; to encourage private enterprise. The Summit that is coming up this weekend is one of those things that we want the young people to go and look at; entrepreneurship. We must tell our university graduates that it is not enough to wait to be employed. The idea in the future of this Republic is to do what Harvard does; to encourage people to be entrepreneurs. That is why the inventor of Facebook is a great entrepreneur. He never actually graduated from university, but is a billionaire. Therefore, the people who are encouraging the idea of having so many graduates who have no jobs should from now perish those thoughts. But we, as Senators, have an opportunity in what we are doing to encourage entrepreneurship. Mr. Chairman, I am charging you with that responsibility, if I am allowed to do so. We can have this sort of entrepreneurship in counties and encourage the people who will benefit from Clause 26 of this Bill, where priority is given to the counties where universities have not been set up. 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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