{"id":76040,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/76040/?format=json","text_counter":222,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Affey","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":381,"legal_name":"Mohammed Abdi Affey","slug":"mohammed-affey"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the Assistant Minister for the answer but you will realise that he has said that it was in 2006, almost four years ago, when the idea to establish a university in this province was conceived. Out of the 47 counties, it is only the three Counties of that province that have no access to a formal university institution which has a charter. Could the Assistant Minister tell us why they have defied the directive of the President? This is because in August this year, the President instructed the Ministry to establish a university and give it a charter. Why did they defy the President’s directive in that respect? That was done in the presence of the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs and everybody else who attended the function in Garissa."}