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    "id": 686480,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Shimbwa",
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        "legal_name": "Omar Mwinyi Shimbwa",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I am equally privileged to have this opportunity this afternoon to support this important Bill, which is before this House. I would also like to throw my weight on the side of research, which has been spoken about by various legislators in this House. I would like to see a situation whereby our universities are up to the task on the issues and challenges that bedevil the areas where they are situated. A point in case is the coastal region. We have a number of universities along the coast where maritime affairs are important, and none of those universities have developed any programmes to assist the locals in pursuing those goals. I know of some countries where fishing as an industry contributes a big portion of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP). We have a long coastal line, but fishing remains one of the least contributors to the GDP of this country. It means there is something extremely wrong happening in those universities which are situated there. I would have imagined the former polytechnic which is now Technical University of Mombasa, Pwani University and other universities which are situated along the coast providing programmes which are geared towards improvement of the livelihoods of the people of the Coast region."
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