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    "id": 629267,
    "url": "http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/629267/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. While I support the petition by Hon. Chris Wamalwa, I want to add that when the education system in a county is messed up, it affects the generations that follow. If there is any institution that needs reforms, it is the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC). As a starting point, the Committee should recommend reorganization and cleaning up of the KNEC. The people serving in that body have either become complacent or there is a problem with them in terms of keeping pace with technological development. Let us just face it and admit that we are not sure of the authenticity of the results of lasts year’s examination that were released the other day, following which people started celebrating. If it could be confirmed that genuine national examination papers were leaked and shared out through WhatsApp and other ICT platforms but candidates throughout the country proceeded and sat the same examination papers and produced result, after which some candidates were classified as having failed while others were classified as having passed, we are not being fair to the future generation of this country. In my view, we need to do away with the current KNEC. We need to put in place a new team – a team which can deliver. Some of us are here courtesy of education. If it was a matter of our history or parents, we would not be where we are today. If we went through such a confused system, where people who are not very intelligent pass national examinations and those who are intelligent and want to do exams with credibility end up losing, some of us would not be here today. Finally, as a country, we complain about corruption. Recently, the President talked about it, though I did not agree with the forum he chose. He should have said it here. The truth is that there is corruption in this country, but it cannot be eradicated if young people in Form Four are trained to believe that they can only pass national examinations through cheating. How then do you tell them to avoid corruption? Therefore, the Committee should come up with clear recommendations. First of all, they should do away with the KNEC. Some of those people have overstayed. They have been in that body for far too long. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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