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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue of naming is also very interesting. We are not thinking outside the box. We want to see a situation where when we establish a university in North-Eastern Province, we want it to be named, for example, as Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University. Likewise, we want another university in Loitoktok to be named after somebody from the North Eastern and so on. That is very positive. We have also, as a Ministry, encouraged all universities to adopt dialogue. This is because without dialogue, most of these issues can never be solved. So, dialogue will be a way of actually managing our universities. So, dialogue is extremely critical. Likewise, we want lecturers to come from all over the country. We do not want lecturers to be promoted on the basis of their ethnic backgrounds because this will discourage very hardworking dons from teaching. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, politicians, of course, as you know, are the ones who have actually been so much of a problem. In Kenyatta University, of course, we are told that some people poured some money to some groups which were campaigning. Some are said to have been allied to PNU while others to ODM. So, we want all our politicians, whether from PNU or ODM, to keep off university matters, but they can participate in doing very positive things. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as you know, disciplining was done in the most professional way. I think the university was also sympathetic because these are our children. They were not punished. Those of us who have been in administration, sometimes do not believe in leniency. We deal with people firmly and quickly. We do not want to waste time with people who are indisciplined. But in this case, I think the team in charge of discipline, at least, were a bit lenient to our students. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, lastly, on the issue of squatters, we will recommend that these squatters be relocated to some place. We have a programme in the Ministry of Lands where people who are squatters are given land. So, we do not want them to camp in universities. We have a policy which they should benefit from, so that universities are left with ample space to expand and build the necessary infrastructure. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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