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    "id": 1460977,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Beth Syengo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to also support the Statement by Sen. Miraj. The replacement of lost academic certificates happens a lot in this country. It happens due to fire, floods where papers are damaged by water and other disasters that may happen. Some of our young people who lose their certificates come from very humble backgrounds and the only weapons they have to fight poverty and suffering are the certificates. When the process of replacing certificates becomes tedious, it makes their lives a nightmare. I would propose that this is done seamlessly and the Ministry and KNEC should have a system that makes the replacement of lost certificates seamless. This will make Kenyans enjoy the fruits of their education. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if possible, I would suggest the replacement of these certificates to be free because, in most of the instances, as I have already mentioned, what makes people lose their certificates are accidents. People may not prepare for accidents; as they say in Kiswahili “Ajali haina kinga ” So, it would make life easier for Kenyans if the replacement of lost academic certificates is done freely and in the shortest time possible, so that Kenyans can get back to their lives. If they are seeking jobs, they will continue to seek and if it is applying for any qualification, they can do that also. Many people suffer when they lose their academic certificates. I have seen in the past, even when politicians or people are looking for jobs, they are forced to look for their classmates to testify that they went to school together. This is because they are asked, if they really went to school, who were their classmates, in which institution they went to; which secondary school or university. As one of us said, to digitalize this process would be the way to go. Then if this happens, we would not---"
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