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    "id": 1282010,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1282010/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Matungulu, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Stephen Mule",
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    "content": "What are we doing in this House? It would be better for us to resign, go home, and stop spending taxpayers' money on things that cannot happen. It is high time we maintained the dignity of the House, whichever side of the political divide we come from. We must stand firm and tell the nation that the only institution mandated to deal with issues of the law is Parliament. Last but not least, the issue of the KUCCPS has been boiling over for some time now. They place Grade A students in certificate and diploma courses. It is high time we dealt with this monster because students in our constituencies are most affected. We will not lie low as Parliament on this issue and allow Kenyan students to suffer. You can imagine a student who has worked hard for four years to attain Grade A or Grade B being placed to do a certificate or a diploma course. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I know very well that you passed your A-levels. Imagine if you had been placed to do a certificate course. Would you have been our Deputy Speaker or the lawyer that we know? Kenyans must be protected. They elected us to this House to handle such business. We will not show mercy to anyone and will not relent on this matter. The Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Health should ask the secretariat to table that report so that we can debate it at 5.00 p.m. and agree on how to proceed. Kenyans cannot suffer anymore. We were sworn into this House to protect the law, and we have a responsibility to do so. Memoranda or anything else does not supersede the law. The court has pronounced itself on this issue. Let the law take its course, so we move forward as a country. God bless Kenya and the students of Kenya."
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