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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chanzu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just wanted to say that the circumstances were such that she thought that I would be able to afford. There are a lot of positives. When you heard Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona speaking, she was talking about lawyers. I do not know what calibre. I know that at the University of Nairobi even the professors there could not get access to university education here. They were able to go to places like Russia and the United States of America (USA) and became professors there. They are the ones who are teaching at the university here. I think it is a positive thing. I was only trying to give my example. It was expensive. What we are talking about is affordability and whether the Government can accept to allow many more to join this scheme so that we can have more people training. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am happy that Waziri is also here. They have talked about standardization, subsides, scholarships and merit awards. I think we even used to have these things. When we went to the university, there were those who went to study medicine, others like me did Quantity Survey. However, those who were not admitted for those courses, like those who eventually went to do education--- There were some people who went to do Bachelor of Arts and were only studying four courses in a week. They used to sit around the halls but they are the ones who are now running this Government as Provincial Commissioners, Permanent Secretaries and so on. So we are looking at a variety and we are looking for ideas. We have to be pro-active and innovative enough. By the way, the way the population of this country is growing, it is geometric. We are not going to stop this. In the next few years we will not be able to move in town. When we were living in Eastlands, we used to board vehicles at Tusker House here. You could go there and you were at the bus stop alone. Today, people make very long queues to board buses. That is the reason I want the Government to accept this so that you can open up and have these people trained. The economy is widening and we are getting the larger market. It used to be Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, but we are talking about a larger area. That is what the top leadership is doing. They are opening these markets so that our people can also get employment there and not become a nuisance. They will earn more money but you must educate them. So you must allow many more of them to train. I would like to inform the Minister that today we had two Motions touching the Ministry Education; one in the morning and this one. You have got very able Assistants Ministers. When you are not here, they represent you very well---"
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