{"id":686444,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/686444/?format=json","text_counter":190,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. (Dr.) Ottichilo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":131,"legal_name":"Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa","slug":"wilber-ottichilo"},"content":"Hon. Deputy Speaker, I can tell you for free that unless we embrace science and technology, this country will remain a developing country for years to come. This Bill is trying to cure some of those problems, particularly by giving the Commission on University Education (CUE) a big mandate to vet the type of programmes that our universities give or allow to be taught in our universities. It also gives very serious conditions for accreditation because quite a number of universities have been accredited on very dubious conditions."}