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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kamama",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology",
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        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, I want to take this opportunity to commend the Chairman of the Committee for a job well done. I think he is taking his work seriously and we have a symbiotic relationship. Normally, the Ministry takes the recommendations of this Committee very seriously. I also want to commend other Members of the Committee because they are committed to their work. When we had this incident, quite a number of them went to the university and also came to the Ministry to ask for views on this matter. I think all of us are happy with the work of the Chairman and his team. Again, I want to commend the Vic-Chancellor of the university. She has done a wonderful job. She is, at least, one of the best Vice-Chancellors in the country. As you all know, it is not a secret that Kenyatta University was among those which were ISO certified. Most of the time when the Prime Minister and the President award grades to the best parastatals, this university has always topped. So, we want to commend this lady for a job well done. I think other ladies should also emulate her and prove that they can also lead in that sector. A lot of very positive things have been said. We want to promise that we will implement most of the recommendations of this Committee, because they are positive. They will go a long way in assisting in the management of that university. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, ethnicity is a big issue. Universities are not supposed to encourage tribalism or tribal tendencies. We all know that people are complaining that some universities are being managed or run by people from where they are situated. We have a problem because sometimes you advertise the job of Vice- Chancellor but you end up getting majority of those who are qualified coming from that particular region. So, sometimes we want to be excused. When you pick the best and find that these people are from the same area, I do not think it is much of a problem, but we want to encourage many Kenyans. If we have advertisements from Nyanza, say, Maseno University or Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, we want to encourage people from Garissa or North Eastern and Coast Province to actually apply for these jobs, so that, at least, we have people, for example, from the north eastern side of the country serving on the western side of the country."
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