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    "id": 982430,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "know why he did so. He later appointed me to be the Chairman of KMTC and the Kenya Industrial Estates (KIE). Little did I know that he was preparing me to be the first Minister for Technical Training and Applied Technology in 1988, dubbed “ jua kali.” The foundation of vocational training and technical training institutes was started by President Moi in 1988. He was a man of great vision. He even surprised me during that period of time because he came to my simple home on 9th May, 1976 and had dinner in my house. He came to that little house; I was a ‘nobody’, but he was able to recognize a simple fellow in a remote village to come and dine with me in that village. That is the kind of man he was. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on administration, you will remember that he was able to give us many locations, sub-locations and divisions. The Chair was a beneficiary of one of the divisions when he posted him to be a District Officer (DO) at Keumbu, in one of my constituencies at that time. That is the greatness of the man that we are mourning here today. In the area of education, he was able to enlarge the educational system, the primary section, the secondary section; he opened up spaces. Initially, we only had the University of Nairobi (UoN), but he established the Mackay Commission which was able to usher in the second university. Thereafter, there were other universities, including Moi University. That ushered in several admissions of other people. He appointed me to be the Chairman of the University Council of Nairobi. That is the time when the parallel degree programme started. That is the time when the universities began to expand the education opportunities. That is the man we are talking about, who lies here in State."
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