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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Koech",
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        "legal_name": "David Kibet Koech",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the outset, I want to sincerely thank the Members of this Tenth Parliament for rising to the occasion during this very important time of need for us to nationalize our country and have future leaders who are national. That is why they have all supported and agreed with our proposal. I want to say that the Committee on Education, Research and Technology addressed the unrest at Kenyatta University and, as a result of that, it was not practical and possible for us to highlight the many positive things happening in Kenyatta University. I want to confirm to this House that I totally agree with the positive sentiments raised by hon. Members about what is going on at Kenyatta University. We could not capture all that in our Report since our time was very short. I also want to clarify that the resolutions are based on the evidence that we were able to get. Yesterday, I said that there is a list of all those who were able to share with our Committee. We opened up to every other person to give us their views with regard to what could have caused what happened at Kenyatta University. So, if there is something that somebody feels we may have left out, it is because we did not have clear evidence to allow us to table a document that is credible. We had to get evidence on that. Therefore, we have full evidence of what we captured. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to state here that the main cause of the unrest at Kenyatta University – according to the evidence that we gathered - was the deadline. Looking at the events that led to the first strike, it was very clear that those students who had cleared their fees and, maybe, they paid after the deadline, were not captured. There was a foul mood. They made a lot of effort to send the officials to meet the administration. They went there about five times. The last time they went there, they were escorted by majority of the students. When they were denied a hearing, that is when they walked to the gate and destroyed it. That is what led to the closure of the university. When they came back, within that one week, the said officials who had just been elected three days before that day, were suspended. Looking at the environment, you can easily tell the agitation among the students. Their own leaders, whom they had just appointed, had been suspended. Secondly, there was the issue of the exaggeration of the figure. Thirdly, there was the issue of blanket discipline measures on all the students. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to state here that, as a result of that one problem, other issues which had been swept under the carpet were triggered. Some of the issues that came up are the ones which we have raised. I believe that from those"
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