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"content": "that even this Parliament needs to pronounce itself on the way forward. However, let us see what deliberations that are going to be done possibly by the education committee and the remedial actions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in my opinion, I do not want to imagine that we have to sit down and discuss matters that are actually criminal in nature. If an employer is not able to do their job, then they must be answerable and a court action in that regard. Also, we need to relook at the quality of education because as much as lecturers are demanding to be paid well – and I support them – the quality of graduates as a result of mass production of students is becoming a serious challenge. Lecturers just go to the classrooms with yellow notes; which may be the same notes that some of us used. These notes are the same ones being used now and they will still be used in the future. So, we are just ending up with what we call “rote learning” where individuals do not get any information and where there is very clear detachment in what is theorised in our lecture halls and what is happening in the industry. There needs to be a whole relook at the higher education in this country. I would want to imagine that the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for education, Dr. Fred Matiang’i, will display the same zeal that he has exerted and displayed in the primary and secondary education in the universities so that, then, we are able to benefit from the huge investment in education for the benefit of this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you look at the education budget, I think it is way currently over Kshs300 billion. It is the biggest vote head from our ordinary sharable revenue and, indeed, the whole Budget. Therefore, these issues of efficiency and effectiveness around administration of public universities are quite germane, if at all we are to attain the various goals within the Vision 2030. Therefore, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think it is in order that the Committee on Education looks into this issue and reports back to the House for necessary action."
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