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    "id": 1397727,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1397727/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": "Most students who are indebted to schools are from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds because their parents are unable to raise school fees. Withholding their examination certificates is equivalent to killing their future career prospects and dreams. It is sad that implementation of the law, directives and guidelines has been wanting over the years, depriving learners of rightful access to their academic certificates, thereby impeding their path to academic advancement. That withholding of examination certificates by school heads amounts to an abuse of power and lack of integrity. It goes without saying that education is the greatest equaliser in today’s society. Therefore, examination certificates should be released to examinees so as to allow them to join TVETs, colleges and universities to enable them to pursue higher learning and better their lives. It is against this background that I request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education on the following: 1. Could the Chairperson conduct an inquiry into the withholding of academic certificates by various school heads in the country contrary to Section 10(1)(b) of the Kenya National Examinations Council Act, 2012 and provide a report to the House, including recommendations for direct access to academic certificates by the students? 2. Could the Chairperson provide a report on the number of examination certificates being withheld in various schools in the country since 2012 and the reasons for their withholding? 3. Could the Kenya National Examinations Council consider leveraging on ICT by developing an alternative platform for examination registration and direct access to examination results and certificates by examinees? 4. Could the Chairperson recommend that the Kenya National Examinations Council recall all the examination certificates held by school heads in Kenya? 5. Could the Chairperson recommend that the Kenya National Examinations Council ensure that school heads act purely as agents of the Council and not abrogate their responsibilities by holding examinees to ransom? 6. Could the Chairperson recommend that the Kenya National Examinations Council open examination centres in every sub-county in Kenya and post examination officers to coordinate examinations, receive all results from KNEC once they are released and have all the examinees pick their examination certificates from the centres? Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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