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    "id": 1282001,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The KMTC Board is, indeed, mandated by law, under Section 106 of the KMTC Act, to make admissions. This issue came before the Departmental Committee on Health, and we deliberated on it. KUCCPS, through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with KMTC, agreed that it does placement of students while KMTC does admissions. The process had already started when they appeared before the committee, which pronounced itself based on a court ruling. The High Court ruled in favour of the KMTC Board that it is mandated to admit students. The explanation given by KUCCPS is they are not doing admissions but placement of students. This is because their website already has the data of all student’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) and Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results. Based on that, they can eliminate issues of cheating in terms of certificates. The MoU they entered with KMTC is to process the placement of students, and then KMTC does admissions. That is what they told the committee. It was very clear from that explanation that the mandate of admission is by KMTC. Unfortunately, the House is going on recess. You could have given the Cabinet Secretary for Health and the Cabinet Secretary for Education an opportunity to appear jointly in Parliament to respond to this issue. That way, Members will also have a chance to ask questions I cannot respond at this stage."
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