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    "speaker_name": "Dr. Otichilo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 131,
        "legal_name": "Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa",
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    "content": "The other area we found very lacking was the financial management system of the university. The financial management of the university was not well-structured to provide the students with their fee balances and so on. So, there was a big problem where students would indicate that they had paid their fees, they have received loans from HELB but the university financial management system could not provide that information. So, some students felt very bad that they had to be denied to register for a semester and yet they had paid. So, there was also a very poor communication between the university financial management and the HELB. That is an area we have also recommended that the university should take care of and make sure that the financial management system of the university is well founded, so that it can provide information online so that the students can be able to know their financial commitments and balances right on line. The other issue that was of major concern to the Committee was the issue of curricula. Most of the students we talked to were very concerned that the curricula was not covered in most cases. Therefore, they said that they were not getting value for their money because they felt that the semester was sometimes cut short or shortened and in the process, the lecturers and, indeed, some of the lecturers admitted that they did not have adequate time to be able to cover the curricula. Most of the students felt that the type of education they were receiving was not commensurate to what they expected. So, this is an area again which I think with the parallel programme, we need to consider. Also, the Ministry must come out very clearly and see how the parallel programme impacts on the normal programme of the university and if possible, it should be made clear that the parallel programme and the normal regular programme somehow, they should be brought together because the differentiation of these programmes also cause a lot of problems. So with all those few comments I have made, I beg to second this Report."
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