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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Karaba",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Dickson Karaba",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to tell Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo that the fact that we have acting vice chancellors is as a result of there being the latest entrance of the universities last month. I was in the State House where seven universities were listed to be chartered. So, if you take seven out of 30, you are left 27. Out of this, there are some vice chancellors who have since retired like the one for Kenyatta University. Some of them have retired, some are yet to complete their tenure and some have already completed. When they do that, they are supposed to be replaced. The process is tedious and long. There are so many competitors who could be wishing to become vice chancellors. That is why the process had to take long. The advertisements also take long for them to get to the candidates. As soon as they get the adverts, they apply and the due process follows. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as for Sen. Sang, he is talking about confidential information. To me, that is not possible. The moment we have three or six candidates qualifying to be forwarded to the CS, it is up to the CS and his committee who will sit and find out whether they qualify or merit to be appointed as vice chancellors. He can refuse them and when that happens, he pushes back and the process is repeated. So, it is the process which is complicated and it is not open to any other person to know the scores in case there could be an abuse or some people invading the office the way it was done in some places. The more we leave them open, people will get to know. Regarding the issue raised by Sen. (Prof.) Lesan, who is a Member of the Committee on Education; he should know that normally, the councils were all disbanded by the CS when he came into power. He discovered that most of the council members in the then system were doing fishy things. That is why they were disbanded. Right now, they are recruiting others and the recruitment is also governed by the Universities Act, 2012. An amendment was made in this House sometimes back that the qualification of the council members is well spelt out in the Act and I would advice Sen. (Prof.) Lesan to go and read and see who qualifies to be a member of the council. I rest my case."
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