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    "id": 651193,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Elachi",
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        "legal_name": "Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Chairman of the Committee for that response. When I raised these issues, the university was still open, but it is closed right now. Having said that, let me start with the second issue about the drop in student population. We need to verify the numbers. There is no way you can have students dropping from MMUST to go to Kibabii University Campus. Kibabii is a branch of MMUST and maybe the students went somewhere else. Let me now go to the issue that most students raised and that is the issue of his Curriculum Vitae (CV); I would wish the VC to come out and tell the students that he is a resident of South Africa and that he teaches in Tswana University of Technology and his resident nationality number is 5610205933089 and that during the time he was doing the interview, he did not remember to tell the panel that he has a job in South Africa. The law is very clear about a state officer in our country. The reason why I raised this issue is that the Petition came to the Senate in 2014 and either we were unable to take it to the Committee to handle the issue or we decided to leave it like that. When the students came up, I thought the best way is to bring it up as a statement so that the Senate can assist the university to move on to the next level. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in terms of residence, he knows he is a resident in South Africa and he works there. It is clear and I will table the evidence on the Table of the Senate. We still need to understand that he has a lot of conflict with the staff and he has to find a way of working together with his deputy chancellors who, at the moment, have decided to leave. That is something that needs to be addressed so that the university can move on. This is what made the University of Nairobi go on strike and I wish the council manages these issues well. 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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