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    "id": 647557,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/647557/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": "As a parent, I am a very worried man because a majority of us went to universities. Today, we are parents and we want our children to finish their university education within the stipulated time. There are many parents who toil to look for money to pay school fees, but a few students want to become career students. For the first time, I have heard the term “career students”. For the first time, we have heard that drugs and arms were found in the halls of residence. I am sure the Government is listening. We must re-introduce the “boom”. Some of us went to university during the “boom period”. It was very difficult to tell whether you are the son of a minister or a poor person. However, this idea of paying for university fees is creating a lot of problems in our universities. Some come driving a Mercedes while others do unorthodox things to maintain their lives. So, we must introduce the “boom” the way we did with free primary education. Those of us who took the “boom” paid it back. I paid the “boom” that I was given. That time, it was Kshs5,080. That “boom” helped us, as students, to pay fees for our siblings. I think what is creating chaos in the universities is the unequal lifestyle where somebody will be dealing in drugs, arms or prostitution. As policy makers and leaders of this country, we must make sure that the university scheme, which was available to students in the 1980s and 1990s, is returned. That is the only way we can create an equal society. I remember we even used part of the Kshs5,080 to pay school fees for our siblings. Colleagues, as we wait for the consideration of the Petition, let us make the necessary amendments to the Universities Act so that we bring back some sanity to how student leadership is elected. Of course, student leadership is important in the running of the universities. It gives the students a voice in the university senate and council. But it is not for one to become a student leader to prosper and deal in drugs, violence and guns. I saw somebody dishing out US$100 notes to students. If there was “boom”, there is no way that person would have done that. I support the Petition and thank Hon. Onyonka for bringing it."
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