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    "id": 1348876,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1348876/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bondo, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Ochanda",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Education shapes societies and governments. This is the investment that governments all over the world do to train human resource. When we mess up with it, we mess up the entire country. Since the exit of Mbithi as the Examination Council Secretary, either in 1989 or 1988, over 30 years ago, the Council has perennially had issues with how it manages examinations; either the process of setting, executing examinations or marking. There is a big problem, and we are talking about 30 years cumulatively. Education is the equalizer that we know. What has our Education Council done in the last 30 years for purposes of getting people space to be equal? There is a big problem in this country. Thirty years is not a short time that we cannot fix a problem. It is a long time and we cannot pretend about it. We are looking so badly as a country when examinations are stolen and we cannot even place results properly. What is the rush for? What is it that one wants to achieve by marking exams for one week? Where do they want to run to? Even if that is the case, can we have another week after marking to cross-check and do serious verification? This will ensure that pupils and student get their actual results. What are we doing in this country? This is really wrong and it has to be fixed. Otherwise, we are living in pretense. We are living a lie and that is why every other thing in this country is going haywire. It is getting messy. It is really going to the wrong side. The issue of missing and mismatching of marks can be verified very easily. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to believe that if there is no way that the Council can be sorted out, the best is to do away with it. The best is to do away with this examination council and get a totally different outfit that can manage examinations in this country. Thank you, Hon. Temporary 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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