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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to fully support the Petition by my colleague, Hon. Irungu Kang’ata. I have gone through this experience personally in the past in this House. Way back in 2013, when a number of students were suspended from Kenyatta University, I brought the issue here through a Question but I was taken round in circles. If what is happening in universities is not addressed urgently, it will lead to anarchy. We have reformed nearly all the sectors in this country but the universities have remained untouched. Hon. Speaker, we have a situation in universities where the only solution that the administrators or the managers seem to understand when there are disagreements with students is either suspension or expulsion. This is an old mindset that needs to change if we are to have democracy in this country. We have situations where Vice-Chancellors and university managers who regard universities as their personal fiefdoms are a law unto themselves. This House needs to find a mechanism of reining in these administrators. This is because university students are young, agitated and easily excited and need to be handled in a manner that really safeguards their future. Therefore, I fully support this Petition and hope that this House will act expeditiously. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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