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  "id": 14134661,
  "title": "The Irony: Government splashes billions for politics, zero for university education",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/the-irony-government-splashes-billions-for-politics-zero-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T06:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Standard Kenya",
    "slug": "the-standard-kenya",
    "url": "https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001559988/the-irony-government-splashes-billions-for-politics-zero-for-university-education"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "University lecturers' strike exposes the Governments failure to secure a lasting salary deal, leaving students stranded despite billions of shillings committed to other sectors.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Island Sri Lanka",
        "title": "Quality assurance without quality enhancement: The irony of university QA",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/quality-assurance-without-quality-enhancement-the-irony-of-university",
        "published": "2026-10-12T23:59:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Standard Kenya",
        "title": "The irony of State decking out billions for politics, but zero for university education",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/the-irony-of-state-decking-out-billions-for-politics-but-zero-for",
        "published": "2026-10-13T03:30:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}