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    "id": 99824,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/99824/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chanzu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "We are trying to introduce a Motion in this House although I do not want to pre- empt that. Our thinking with regard to the issue of fees, is that the basic requirement for somebody to join university is supposed to be a C+ (Plus). I think that is still the rule. The reason this was kept aside is because of lack of space. I do not know why somebody who gets the basic qualifications should be made to pay higher fees, and yet it is supposed to be the responsibility of Government to bring up these people for national development. This is what is causing problems in the universities. Politicians are now having a lot of problems with these programmes. Mhe. Kizito said that it is good because it is helping our people to pay here, but somebody comes to you to tell you that he has been admitted to the university. The regular student is supposed to pay over Kshs30,000 while the other one is paying over Kshs200,000. I do not know how my colleagues are handling this issue. This is a big issue. I think it is better that everybody is made to contribute rather than a few people. This is because I will contribute for somebody from Vihiga. This person will be, for example, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education in the years to come. He will not be serving Vihiga alone but he will be serving the whole country. So, the issue of fees is a big problem. This is the reason the students sometimes start throwing stones. When they are hungry and are on their way to town to look for people to give them money but do not get it, they start throwing stones and blocking the roads that pass near the universities."
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