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    "content": "piece of land believed to be under the ownership of the Tana and Athi River Development Authority (TADA). Three weeks before the national exams began, Mr. Hillary Lisimba, a journalist, reported that in 2021, thousands of learners went missing. Some of these learners become pregnant, others joined the boda boda business while the rest disappeared without a trace. At the height of COVID-19 pandemic when parents lost their sources of income, the situation forced some children to either move out of school or take up menial jobs for survival. In volatile areas like Mandera and Kapedo, students fled together with their parents due to rising cases of insecurity, lack of teaching staff and recurrent drought. A learner at Kisole Primary School in Mwingi, Kitui County was unable to write her exam because she lost her eyesight as a result of brain tumor. Two other candidates in the constituency were taken ill and admitted at Mwingi Level 4 Hospital as well, hence missing out on the national exams. These are just very few examples out of the very many cases. Primary level national exams has a silent role in transitioning pupils to secondary schools. Failure to sit for these exams exposes learners to a precarious state of not transitioning to secondary school with the rest of their classmates. During this exam period, I call upon the Ministry of Education to intervene in ensuring that supplementary exams are availed to learners who have missed their exams due to unforeseeable and valid reasons. As a society, we need to appreciate that learners hail from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, hence investigations need to be commenced on a case-by-case basis for missing learners to be afforded an opportunity to do their examinations. I thank you. Madam Temporary Speaker, I have another statement---"
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