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    "id": 1054807,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1054807/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mutunga",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13495,
        "legal_name": "John Kanyuithia Mutunga",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for the opportunity to request for this Statement. Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 44(2) (c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education regarding lack of policy or guidelines for candidates sitting for examinations on syllabus coverage and attendance to classes. Hon. Speaker, the Kenyan basic education system demands that all students who register for final examinations sit for the same examinations when it is scheduled. It is notable that no general or specific guidelines restricting registered candidates from sitting for such examinations for lack of proper coverage of the syllabuses or attendance to classes. This situation has led to cases of students registering for such examinations and failing to attend classes, only to appear during examinations time. Such negligence has demoralised many head teachers and principals, in view of reduced mean scores based on unprepared students. Hon. Speaker, it is against this background that I seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research on the measures in place or if the Ministry is considering to ensure that a student can only sit for examinations, if he/she has been"
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